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Christian Scientists quite well understand and appreciate...
Texas State Journal of Medicine
Christian Scientists quite well understand and appreciate that disease appears to be very real and obdurate to the material, human sense of things; but as disease is recognized by them as error, and not as a part or factor of true being, and as every form of disease is being healed through this understanding, the correctness of their position is demonstrated. Christian Scientists view disease experiences in much the same way as the mathematician views errors in his computations. He does not hold these errors to be real, but regards them as something to be eliminated by a correct application of mathematical truth. Similarly, the musician does not regard discords as a component part of the science of music; and he eliminates them by a correct understanding and application of the laws of underlying harmony. Hence it is seen how, through Christian Science, discords of material sense are eliminated from human experience; that is, by knowing the truth, and by understanding and demonstrating that the realities of being are ever harmonious.
The mental origin and nature of disease is now freely admitted by many competent medical men, no less an authority than Sir William Osler holding that the foundation of the treatment of disease is to be found in the realm of the mental. So the attitude of Christian Scientists should not be considered dangerous to the community. Indeed, their scrupulous observance of quarantine and contagion regulations is acknowledged by public health officials the country over.
The teachings of Christian Science with respect to the conscientious, skillful medical practitioner and surgeon may be seen from the following excerpts from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," wherein Mrs. Eddy states (p. 151), "Great respect is due the motives and philanthropy of the higher class of physicians;" also (p. 164), "It is just to say that generally the cultured class of medical practitioners are grand men and women, therefore they are more scientific than are false claimants to Christian Science." It is to be observed, then, that any unkind attitude on the part of the students of Christian Science towards the medical profession is a fault on their part, and not a fault of the teaching of Christian Science; and it should be understood that it is not "medicine" that is opposed, but the growth and development of what has come to be termed "state" or compulsory medicine. However, some of the most unrelenting opposition to the political activities of "organized medicine" comes from responsible and able journals and members of the regular medical profession itself, as will be seen from the following references.
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June 20, 1925 issue
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Saving and Spending
WILLIAM R. RATHVON
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Spiritual Exaltation
ROSS S. PILLSBURY
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"Casting away his garment"
MARY L. ALLEN
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Longevity
ALWYN A. STEWART
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"Foundational trusts"
MARY E. TRUITT
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Tolerance
KATE HOLLAND PATTON
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Impartial Love
ESTHER L. HILL
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The members and officers of the church founded by Mary Baker Eddy,...
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The Mother Church, Boston, Massachusetts,
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In the Union of recent date, a critic inferred that Christian Science...
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
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Christian Scientists quite well understand and appreciate...
Ralph W. Still, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
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An editorial in your issue of recent date contained the...
Charles W. J. Tennant, District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
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Extracts from Reports of Christian Science Committees on Publication for the Year Ended September 30, 1924
with contributions from Stopford Brooke
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"Wisdom, economy, and brotherly love"
Albert F. Gilmore
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"My presence shall go with thee"
Duncan Sinclair
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Right Discipline
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from Donald Angus Davison, Almon C. Binkley, Emil Hansen, John L. Lawton, Mathilda N. Windell, Evelyn L. Webb, Alexandre Louis James Dewette
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In early childhood I was placed in a Sunday school class...
Martha Sutton-Thompson with contributions from Nellie M. Gunderson
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"The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are...
Eugenie Rusterholz
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It is with sincere gratitude for all the blessings I have...
Nellie Saunders Miller
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With a deep sense of gratitude to God I testify to the...
Vincent H. P. Molteno
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I am deeply grateful to be able to testify to the healing...
Ethel G. Davis
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I was led to Christian Science about three years ago after...
Frank C. Deckebach
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A Prayer
ALICE JACQUELINE SHAW
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Louise Collier Willcox, V. H. Copley Moyle, William Meara