Article October 3, 1925 Issue

Your issue of recent date contained a report of a sermon...

S. Britton R. Foster, Committee on Publication for Ontario, Canada,—St. Thomas

Times-Journal

Your issue of recent date contained a report of a sermon on "Church Union," in which a clergyman intimated that Christian Scientists might join the United Church of Canada, because in "essential agreement" with its new creed. May I state that Christian Science rejoices in every evidence of unity among Christian denominations in following closely the words and works of their Master, Christ Jesus. But he did not have a creed. Love for God and one's neighbor, demonstrated in reforming the sinner and destroying the effects of sin,—sickness and disease,—was doing the will of his Father, as he declared. Mere creeds do not express, nor do they demonstrate, this complete salvation from evil, which Jesus said would be the evidence of belief in or understanding of his teaching.

Jesus' commands to "preach the gospel" and "heal the sick" leave no ground for misinterpretation. Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," writes (p. 134), "Denial of the possibility of Christian healing robs Christianity of the very element, which gave it divine force and its astonishing and unequalled success in the first century." The time is rapidly approaching when all denominations will advance to the full demonstration of Christian service, which for over half a century has marked the progress of Christian Science.

Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.

Send a comment to the editors
NEXT IN THIS ISSUE
Article
In your issue of recent date a clergyman, commenting on...
October 3, 1925
Contents

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit