Article April 5, 1924 Issue

It is interesting to note that a clergyman, in a sermon on...

Harry L. Rhodes, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,—Parsons

Daily Republican

It is interesting to note that a clergyman, in a sermon on "Divine Healing," admitted that membership in the so-called orthodox church has been lessened because many found that the Christian Science church was the only church "which expressed any interest in the physical welfare of the people." The twelfth chapter of Matthew records the healing of a man who had a withered hand. When Jesus found him in the synagogue, he did not ask him what church he belonged to, or if he was satisfied with his present religious belief. He simply said, "Stretch forth thine hand ... and it was restored whole, like as the other." Our Master set aside custom and, discerning the need, healed on the Sabbath day, which, according to common belief, was unlawful.

The individual who has turned to Christian Science for help and healing is learning that the hope of salvation is in knowing himself as the child of God, and that man is never for an instant separated from God. He has left the shadowy valley of doubt and fear,—belief in sin and death; has turned his thoughts to the mountain of faith and understanding; and is now surrounded by a crowd of happy men and women eager to extend to him a helping, friendly hand. There is no turning back to the old way of thinking; and in the language of the faithful disciple he may say, "Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life."

Many years ago, Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, wrote (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 55): "Now that the gospel of healing is again preached by the wayside, does not the pulpit sometimes scorn it? But that curative mission, which presents the Saviour in a clearer light than mere words can possibly do, cannot be left out of Christianity, although it is again ruled out of the synagogue."

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