Article September 16, 1922 Issue

Would you allow me to say that Christian Scientists accept...

Kate E. Andreae, Committee on Publication for Sussexshire, England, in the

Hastings-St. Leonards Observer

Would you allow me to say that Christian Scientists accept unreservedly the gospel teaching that "the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." Incarnation is defined by the Discoverer of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, on page 77 of her book "Miscellaneous Writings," as, "God made manifest through man." The understanding that "the Word was made flesh" is the foundation on which the healing works are accomplished in Christian Science. It is the doorway through which suffering humanity, in all time, may escape from disease, want, and woe. It is the link whereby men are enabled to grasp and accept the cognizance of man's true being as a son of God. As this dawns upon mortals, lifting the human consciousness to discern the truth which makes free, men will recognize the import of the Scriptural passage, "He sent his word, and healed them." They will find that the Word is established among men for all time, and that Christ is always at hand to heal and deliver. On page 583 of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy defines Christ as, "the divine manifestation of God, which comes to the flesh to destroy incarnate error."

The healing heritage cannot be omitted from Christianity. To-day, everywhere, in some degree, mankind is awakening to the fact that this indispensable part of Christ's gospel is struggling for utterance, and can no longer be obscured.

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