Article December 27, 1919 Issue

Judging from a statement reported in a recent issue as...

C. W. Hale

Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Journal-Gazette

Judging from a statement reported in a recent issue as having been made by Doctor—in one of his lectures, one would be led to think that he knows very little of the teachings of Christian Science. I could not believe that he would deliberately misstate or misrepresent these teachings, but when he said, "The cures accomplished through mental healing, hypnotism, and Christian Science are all based on the remedial powers of strong and continued suggestion," he made an incorrect and misleading statement.

Christian Science is based wholly upon the power of God, infinite Mind, the limitless and perfect law of God, and contains no element of evil or occultism. Hypnotism, mesmeritains mental suggestion, and similar phases of human will power are wholly undesirable and dangerous. They are capable of imparting evil and disease, and their use is a menace to unsuspecting people. They are in no way associated with or included in the teachings and practice of Christian Science.

It has been demonstrated in countless cases to broadminded, intelligent people that the healing power of Christian Science is derived from the operation and influence of the truth as taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus, and is in no way dependent upon or controlled by the human or mortal mind. Mrs. Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, makes this clear in Science and Health when she says (p. 445): "Christian Science silences human will, quiets fear with Truth and Love, and illustrates the unlabored motion of the divine energy in healing the sick. Self-seeking, envy, passion, pride, hatred, and revenge are cast out by the divine Mind which heals disease. The human will which maketh and worketh a lie, hiding the divine Principle of harmony, is destructive to health, and is the cause of disease rather than its cure."

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