Article October 28, 1922 Issue

The terminology of Christian Science coincides with that...

Robert G. Steel, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,

Marshall Evening Chronicle

The terminology of Christian Science coincides with that of the Scriptures, and its use of words very largely accords with the definitions given in the best dictionaries. Our critic's difficulty, no doubt, lies chiefly in the fact that, following the teachings of scholastic theology, he is endeavoring to measure the depths of the Bible's spiritual truth with the soundingline of material belief. Jesus himself indicated the futility of such attempts when he said, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing." Jesus' ministry was very largely devoted to spiritual healing. The importance of the ability to heal the sick, as the mark of a true Christian, was fully recognized by him. To the messengers of John the Baptist Jesus recounted various healings as sufficient proof that he was the Christ.

Jesus promised, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also;" and that the signs of healing "shall follow them that believe." Christian Science does not part the Christly raiment. It obeys all the commands of Jesus. To charge that such obedience constitutes a foe to public health and sanitation, and becomes a social menace, dishonors God, discredits Christ Jesus, and repudiates the plain teachings of the Bible. Mrs. Eddy correctly presents the situation on page 55 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," where she writes: "Now that the gospel of healing is again preached by the wayside, does not the pulpit sometimes scorn it? But that curative mission, which presents the Saviour in a clearer light than mere words can possibly do, cannot be left out of Christianity, although it is again ruled out of the synagogue."

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