Article March 12, 1927 Issue

An article on Mormonism in your recent issue furnished...

Hugh Stuart Campbell, Committee on Publication for the State of Illinois,—Chicago

Christian Century

An article on Mormonism in your recent issue furnished interesting and instructive reading so long as the writer confined himself to his subject. When, however, he attempted to define the doctrine of Christian Science by means of unjust comparison, your intelligent readers were presented with fiction instead of fact. No one who has given careful consideration to the teaching and practice of Christian Science could justly aver that its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, indulged in "visionary mysticism," nor would such a one in all fairness charge her with possessing an "instinct for commercial aggrandizement." Christ's Christianity is far from visionary, as Christian Science proves by bearing salvation to sick and sinful humanity. Christian Science is so utterly unlike Mormonism that I am at a loss to discover why our religion was mentioned in the article under discussion.

The assertion made by our critic that "Christian Science etherealizes the thought of god until it becomes merely a principle," is misleading. Christian Science declares, "God is the Principle of divine metaphysics" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 112), a fact that should be understood by every Christian who follows Christ Jesus all the way; for it was the Master's perfect concept of God as divine Principle which enabled him to prove his sayings by righteous works, and to issue this command to his followers: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also."

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