Article December 13, 1924 Issue

A recent article in the Herald referred to divine healing...

Peter B. Biggins, Committee on Publication for Alberta, Canada,—Calgary

Herald

A recent article in the Herald referred to divine healing, and in the course of the article the writer spoke of Christian Science in a manner which calls for correction. The writer tried to prove that healing by medical means is divine healing. In so doing he attempted to prove what conscientious medical men themselves would hesitate to claim. It is not difficult to note the sharp contrast which the Scriptures point out between a material method of healing and the divine method. For instance, we read of King Asa of old, of whom it is written: "In his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. And Asa slept with his fathers."

The writer of the article deplores the fact that, to use his own words, "many are convinced that this method [Christian Science] will cure everything." Is it unreasonable to think that God, Spirit, who has created man in His own likeness, should be capable of maintaining him in harmony, and able to free mortals from every ill? Christian Scientists gratefully acknowledge God's supremacy; and they are proving the healing efficacy of God's law.

The writer of the article admits, in fact he emphatically affirms, that Christian Science "can certainly cure troubles brought on by brooding and nerves and hysteria." Christian Scientists agree with the fact contained in this statement, although they would not express it in just that way. But the efficacy of Christian Science reaches much farther, as many gladly attest who, through Christian Science, have been healed of organic diseases which were considered hopeless from the standpoint of the medical doctor. Christian Science goes farther still, for it destroys sin and wrong thinking. The destruction of sin is, in fact, the chief purpose of Christian Science.

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