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It is folly to condemn that which we do not comprehend,...
Walla Walla (Wash.) Bulletin
It is folly to condemn that which we do not comprehend, and such condemnation merits the rebukes that have previously appeared in letters printed in these columns. On page 22 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mrs. Eddy says, speaking of Christian Science, "He who has not tested it, is incompetent to condemn it; and he who is a willing sinner, cannot demonstrate it."
That "the only benefit of Christian Science was through mental suggestion the same that any good doctor used" is a statement made that must be refuted. Mental suggestion as employed by medical men has no relation to prayer. Faith in drugs and the hypnotic methods in administering them is the very antipode of Christian Science. Christian Science treatment is true prayer. Briefly, such prayer declares the allness of God, good, of infinite Life, Truth, and Love. It denies the reality of the seeming power of sin, disease, and death. On page 418 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says, "By the truthful arguments you employ, and especially by the spirit of Truth and Love which you entertain, you will heal the sick." Whittier has beautifully expressed the thought of what constitutes true prayer in the lines:—
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March 4, 1922 issue
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Motives and Acts
FRANK BELL
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Service
GRACE M. PUTNAM
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An Interpreter
ANNE CLEVELAND CHENEY
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Obedience
LUCIA C. WARREN
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The New Birth
ROBERT STANLEY ROSS
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The Shadow of the Almighty
Mary R. Becket
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It has been pointed out that if Christian Science were...
Brigman C. Odom
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A recent editorial in The Record made kindly reference...
Peter B. Biggins
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Christian Scientists do not ignore the claims of disease,...
William E. Brown
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It is folly to condemn that which we do not comprehend,...
Louis E. Scholl
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Under the subhead, "Cracks Christian Science," your...
Willard J. Welch
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In your paper a preacher of your city is quoted as saying...
Alfred E. Currey
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A Symmetrical Whole
Albert F. Gilmore
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"Progress is the law of God"
Ella W. Hoag
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An Enigma Solved
Duncan Sinclair
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Admission to Membership in The Mother Church
with contributions from Charles E. Jarvis
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The Lectures
with contributions from Stanley M. Sydenham, Lulu Trimble, Lloyd B. Coate, Clifford A. Woodard, Guy Gaylor Clark
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Three years ago my wife was suddenly taken ill
Charles G. McDonough with contributions from Frank L. Thurber, Edna McDonough
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When I began to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
Georgina L. Ferguson
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Paul says, "Glorify God in your body, and in your spirit,...
Ernestine S. Thayer
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At the age of eight years I had inflammatory rheumatism,...
Howard E. Rowsell
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With much gratitude I have turned again and again to...
Ida Marie Parr
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My first proof of the power of Christian Science came...
Lyle W. Jones
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from W. J. Farrar, Willis Fletcher Johnson, H. Wilson Harris, William Jennings Bryan