Article April 3, 1926 Issue

Statements in a recent issue of the Globe-Gazette reported...

J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,—Mason City

Globe-Gazette

Statements in a recent issue of the Globe-Gazette reported an evangelist, recently in Mason City, as having classified Christian Science among institutions of "false prophets." But this Christian religion for more than half a century has been fulfilling the prophecies and commands of the master Christian, whom Christian Science seeks always to emulate. This attempted censorship, therefore, reminds one of the efforts put forth by a high priest of long ago, who sought to prevent Peter and others from carrying out the commands of Jesus to heal the sick. And it recalls also the words of Gamaliel, who, on that same occasion, said, "If this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God." That grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles stands a truism to-day as much as when voiced by Jesus, who further said, "Every tree is known by his own fruit." Satisfied longings of many a heart burdened with sin and disease have been the fruitage of Christian Science teaching all these years, as is borne out by the expressions of gratitude given at testimony meetings and in the Christian Science periodicals. It is through its being able to do what the master Metaphysician declared should be done by his followers, that Christian Science stands with increased strength, rising above the criticism of opponents. If, as reported, the evangelist claimed to have found contradictions of the Bible in the Christian Science textbook, this is no more than might be claimed regarding the meaning of printed statements on any subject when separated from their context. It must be conceded that the true meaning of a text can be discerned only by reading it in the setting arranged by the author. When so read, Christian Science will be found strictly in accord with the Scriptures, upon which it is based. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, shows her reverence for and dependence upon the Scriptures as the one unfailing source of divine instruction for men in the following statement, found on page 497 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," the Christian Science textbook: "As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life."

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