Article February 19, 1927 Issue

May I request space to deal with a reference to Christian Science...

Louis Potts, Committee on Publication for Cheshire, England,

Wallasey and Wirral Chronicle

May I request space to deal with a reference to Christian Science made in an address by a clergyman delivered at the Royal Picture House, Egremont, as reported in your recent issue. The speaker referred to "so-called Christian Science as one of several "fake religions" which "were responsible for much evil seed sowing in the minds of the people." There is a clear indication in this reference of either ignorance or prejudice, since Christian Science, as the term implies, is both Christian and scientific, and is therefore a demonstrable religion, which can be rightly judged only by its works. In accepting this test, Christian Science is in exact accordance with the teachings of the Master, whose rule, "By their fruits ye shall know them," clearly demands something more than mere words. The people of this age are rightly demanding that those who profess to understand Christianity shall give proof, as Jesus did, that their understanding has present practical applicability to all the needs of mankind, and that it is capable of eliminating not only the sins of the world, but also its diseases, and this through spiritual means alone. They are asking for works as well as words, for they are forcibly reminded of the remarkable healing power which was so much in evidence in the Christianity of Jesus, and they recall that the Master said of his true followers, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also." Only the irresponsible or the unenlightened mind fails to observe the vast amount of healing of both sin and disease which is being accomplished in Christian Science, through the operation in human consciousness of the same divine Principle which was utilized in Jesus' healing works; and those who have taken up the study of this teaching with good motives readily acknowledge that the seed thus sown in their consciousness, judging it by its fruitage, is good.

Any individual can prove the teachings of Christian Science by applying its truths in his own affairs, whether physical, moral, or spiritual. He can thereby satisfy himself that the results which were a conspicuous feature of primitive Christianity are again prominent in this age through the practice of Christian Science. Thus he will gain an absolute conviction that this teaching is no "man-made whim," nor is it "foreign to the Gospel of Christ," as the reverend gentleman asserted, but that Christ's Christianity has indeed reappeared, "with healing in his wings" and "with signs following." In conclusion may I quote from page 342 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, a book which Christian Scientists study daily in conjunction with the Bible: "Christian Science awakens the sinner, reclaims the infidel, and raises from the couch of pain the helpless invalid. It speaks to the dumb the words of Truth, and they answer with rejoicing. It causes the deaf to hear, the lame to walk, and the blind to see. Who would be the first to disown the Christ-liness of good works, when our Master says, 'By their fruits ye shall know them'?"

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