Article September 9, 1922 Issue

A critic, in a recent issue of your paper, takes exception...

Richard E. Prince, Committee on Publication for the State of Virginia,

Petersburg Progress and Index-Appeal

A critic, in a recent issue of your paper, takes exception to the fact that Mrs. Eddy has referred to God as Principle. This synonym for God is used to convey some idea of the unchanging goodness and perfection of the divine nature. It does not rob us of a compassionate heavenly Father, but reveals more clearly the love that "never faileth," "with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." Christian Science does not teach that prayer to our heavenly Father is an error that impedes growth. On the contrary, we may read in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 1), "Prayer, watching, and working, combinedwith self-immolation, are God's gracious means for accomplishing whatever has been successfully done for the Christianization and health of mankind."

Christian Scientists do not deny the creation of man, but accept unequivocably the account of creation recorded in the first chapter of Genesis. Neither do they deny the divine Trinity, as they have found in Christian Science a logical and demonstrable explanation of this doctrine, which has long perplexed the theologians.

Christian Scientists are well aware of the sad fact that sin, in its myriad forms, constitutes a distressing part of human experience. Contrary to the belief of many, they do not ignore it, as they have found in Christian Science the remedy for evil in all its phases. They recognize that every sinful action first originates in a sinful thought; and they therefore strive daily to blot out every thought of jealousy, hatred, malice, and sensuality, with thoughts of love, kindness, unselfishness, and purity, before these harbingers of discord can take form in words or in deeds. In trying to do this, they are following the advice of the Apostle Paul to the church at Philippi: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."

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