Article September 25, 1920 Issue

In replying to this last tirade of abuse by an evangelist,...

Louis E. Scholl

Chehalis (Wash.) Bee-Nugget

In replying to this last tirade of abuse by an evangelist, I shall depart somewhat from the usual method of reply, and quote some recent utterances of the press that are pertinent, and leave the public to form their own conclusions.

If Christian Science were the "damnable cult" that the revivalist says it is, no sane or self-respecting person would be found identified with it, and assuredly no minister of the gospel could have a kindly word for it; but listen to this: Bishop Herman Page of the Protestant Episcopal Church, speaking before the ministerial association of Spokane, said, as quoted by the Spokane Chronicle of April 5 last: "I know of nothing so remarkable as the growth of religious healing, and I know of no such movement so well organized as the Christian Scientists'. You can 'fool some of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time,' but this is an age when people can get facts and truths, yet the Christian Science movement has grown, and it is an old one. The only reason I can see for this is that the people have received help through Christian Science."

Speaking of Christian Science, Rev. J. D. O. Powers, pastor of the People's Church in Seattle, said in the Post-Intelligencer of May 3: "It represents the very heart of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ also, i. e., his healing ministry and his assurance of immortality. Instead of damning it and its adherents and calling it bad names, if the church it to save itself, we must study it and incorporate in the practice of the church all the truth it has in its possession."

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