Article August 8, 1925 Issue

While it is true that Christian Science denies the reality...

Charles E. Heitman, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,—Mamaroneck

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While it is true that Christian Science denies the reality of pain and death as a part of God's spiritual creation, adherents of this religion do not, as our critic assumes, ignore these unhappy conditions as phases of human experience. On the contrary, they directly deal with them as effects of erroneous thinkings, and hold that the correction of such disorders can be brought about only through the operation of spiritual understanding in human consciousness.

The practical student of Christian Science recognizes to-day, even as did Jesus, in his day, that he can demonstrate only what he understands. I may also add that he finds ample reason for increased hope and gratitude in the realization that the accomplishments of the present are but forerunners of still greater successes which must necessarily follow a more complete understanding of God and His mode of operation in human affairs. All of which is in strict agreement with the teachings of the Master himself in respect to the availability of God's goodness in the overcoming of all untoward human experiences, including death itself. It will be recalled that in speaking of the Father he plainly said that to know Him aright is "life eternal." This knowing God is precisely the way, according to the teachings of the Christian Science religion, that we are able to overcome sin and its concomitants— sickness and death. Bearing directly on this point Mrs. Eddy has said in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 450) : "The Christian Scientist has enlisted to lessen evil, disease, and death; and he will overcome them by understanding their nothingness and the allness of God, or good. Sickness to him is no less a temptation than is sin, and he heals them both by understanding God's power over them."

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