Article September 18, 1920 Issue

The Telegram reports a sermon, one of a series delivered...

Hugh S. Hughes, Jr.,

Superior (Wis.) Telegram

The Telegram reports a sermon, one of a series delivered in Superior by a speaker who discusses "Spiritual versus Mental Healing," in which some statements are made regarding Christian Science which indicate a great misapprehension of that very vital subject.

It is a well-known fact that no one really opposes Christian Science. They oppose what they believe to be Christian Science, and an understanding of the spiritual truths taught in Christian Science is always followed by approval of its teachings. Christian Science does not change the Bible. It reveals the spiritual meaning of the Scriptures. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp. 319 and 241): "The divine Science taught in the original language of the Bible came through inspiration, and needs inspiration to be understood. Hence the misapprehension of the spiritual meaning of the Bible, and the misinterpretation of the Word in some instances by uninspired writers, who only wrote down what an inspired teacher hadsaid." "Take away the spiritual signification of Scripture, and that compilation can do no more for mortals than can moonbeams to melt a river of ice."

The speaker's assertion that Christian Scientists say Jesus was not God is true, and we need no other authority for that statement than the Master's own words when he rebuked the young ruler and said, "Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God." Christian Science teaches that there is but one God and Father of all, as taught in the First Commandment, and does not accept the theory that Christ Jesus was God, but accepts his own statement that he is the Son of God. Paul says, "There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." Christian Science reconciles reason and revelation.

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