Article September 11, 1926 Issue

Judging from the article entitled "Religion of the Spirit"...

George C. Palmer, Committee on Publication for the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada,—Saskatoon

Phoenix

Judging from the article entitled "Religion of the Spirit" in your recent issue, it might appear that Dean Inge was not receptive to some of the indications of the more spiritual light breaking through the clouds of materialism on this side of the Atlantic, notwithstanding the fact that its softening influence is being felt in fields far from the American Continent. Emphatically he expresses the view that "the future of Christianity will be a religion of the spirit," and then we are beset with a flood of intellectualism which probably partly accounts for the inability to fathom the inner meaning of the Christ, Truth, as presented to the world to-day in its original simplicity and completeness in Christian Science. Instead of discoursing upon Stoical morality, Pythagorean mysticism, and Greek philosophy in answering the question, "What do we mean by Christianity?" why not turn to the Founder and obtain his view? In Luke we read, "Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached;" and again in Mark, "These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." If the truth Jesus taught had been comprehended and practiced in its entirety, the power to heal would not have been lost about 300 A. D., and the dean would not be making the statement, "The Orient, it is true, was lost and has never been recovered."

Only in the proportion that the evidence required by our Master is forthcoming is there any proof at all that his message is understood. Christian Science is to-day becoming better understood, as its works prove, and is the "integration that will save us from dissolution," expected by the writer of your article. To class it with Mormonism and spiritualism as the dean does is unworthy of him, and merely shows that he does not in the least grasp its teaching or comprehend the significance of its appearance. Surely the passage, "Christianity has been fortunate as the religion of the dominant races," should read, Happy is the people that grasps in any degree the spiritual power of divine Love, who "forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases."

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