Article August 19, 1922 Issue

In a recent issue of your paper a writer mentions Christian Science...

Lester B. McCoun, Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska,

Fremont Tribune

In a recent issue of your paper a writer mentions Christian Science along with other topics of the day. In making a distinction between Christian Science and godliness the article is grossly misleading, as it also is in classifying Christian Science with human economics and spiritualism.

Nothing before the world to-day holds more consistently to the necessity of godliness and righteousness than does Christian Science. In every respect Christian Science maintains that the standard of righteousness which Christ Jesus lived, taught, and demonstrated is the right one, and it joyfully proclaims that this is indeed the complete answer to every human requirement. Christ Jesus said plainly, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Christ Jesus also said, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also." In including spiritual healing as a necessary and undeniable evidence of godliness, Christian Science measures up to the Christ-idea of righteousness; and all may thus understand wherein this teaching is inseparable from God. Christ Jesus' instruction is purely spiritual. It is the divine answer to every human problem. On this basis Christian Science is far above human economics. Mrs. Eddy says, on page 329 of Science and Health, "Science is a divine demand, not a human."

The attempt to associate Christian Science with spiritualism, by inference, cannot be justified. Mrs. Eddy devotes one whole chapter of thirty pages in Science and Health to the subject, and shows conclusively wherein Christian Science is contrary to spiritualism. Christian Science teaches but one Spirit, one Soul, and denies intercommunication between the so-called dead and those remaining here, as well as all forms of mental suggestion, thought transference, and the like.

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