Article August 1, 1925 Issue

No one should question our critic's right to his opinion...

Charles W. Hale, Committee on Publication for the State of Indiana,—Fort Wayne

Journal-Gazette

No one should question our critic's right to his opinion of Christian Science, but Christian Scientists can reasonably object to his arbitrary and unsupported statement, published in your issue of recent date, that the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, is an "aggregation of effrontery, inconsistency, and falsehoods." Such an assertion proves that your contributor either is unfamiliar with Christian Science or does not understand its teachings. Any one who is familiar with that religion knows that it proves its teachings by its works. That which can be proved by demonstration is neither false nor inconsistent. On the other hand, any one who understands Christian Science not only knows of its teachings and works, but is able to demonstrate those teachings for himself and for others. Such an individual thereby proves the truth and efficacy of Christian Science, and would never make assertions such as those made in the article under consideration. The truth is that Christian Science has established itself in the experience of mankind, and has refuted such erroneous charges by healing all manner of disease, regenerating the sinner, and, in an ever increasing measure, overcoming the power of death, in accordance with the teachings and commands of Christ Jesus.

In referring to a statement similar to that of our critic, Mrs. Eddy says (Science and Health, p. 355) that such an assertion "is an opinion wholly due to a misapprehension both of the divine Principle and practice of Christian Science and to a consequent inability to demonstrate this Science." And she adds, "Without this understanding, no one is capable of impartial or correct criticism, because demonstration and spiritual understanding are God's immortal keynotes, proved to be such by our Master and evidenced by the sick who are cured and by the sinners who are reformed."

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