Article August 6, 1927 Issue

The object of my letters to your paper is to have Christian Science...

Lester B. McCoun, Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska,

Omaha Daily News

The object of my letters to your paper is to have Christian Science correctly presented, and is not to engage in lengthy discussion of creedal beliefs of other denominations. However, since one of your correspondents persists in introducing the subject of Christian Science, which is something he does not understand, the following is offered. If our critic means to convey the belief that the appearance of the "Spirit of truth," as mentioned by the Master in the sixteenth chapter of John, ended on the Pentecostal day, then Christian Science disagrees. If the followers of Christ needed the Holy Ghost at that time, then they certainly need it to-day. Christ Jesus said, "Lo, I am with you alway," but mortals, because of attempting to materialize the appearing of the Christ, have not realized the ever-presence of the Saviour. It was through spiritual illumination alone that Mrs. Eddy received in our time the revelation of the "Spirit of truth," which had been hidden from the world for centuries. The works accomplished by Christian Science supply ample proof of the reappearing of the Holy Ghost.

Christian Science maintains, as does the Bible, that the God whom Christ Jesus served is a God of love, and that this God is not wrathful toward any individual, but dearly loves all. It claims that Jesus' intense human sacrifice was not because of God's wrath toward him, but because the Master found it necessary thus to prove his own words in order to convince mortals of their truth. It affirms that Jesus' experience on the cross did not free the world from sin, for the very obvious reason that it did not do so; and it holds that all of the Master's words and works, when consistently considered, prove that true redemption is of the Spirit only and is not accomplished by physical blood or other material element. It maintains that every individual will suffer from sin so long as he sins, and that all any reasonable person could ask of God is that divine intelligence will show him the right way to think and live in order to come out from the errors of mortal sense. It does not deny Jesus' experience on the cross, but does deny that the true spiritual identity of the Master could ever die; and it has proved in many instances, as did the Master, that life is not dependent on matter. It points to the ascension of Christ Jesus as proof that the material is laid off when Spirit has completely overcome the flesh. The Bible plainly declares that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God." Christian Science does not come before the world on the theory that it agrees with any generally accepted religious creed, but rather on the proposition that it agrees with Christ and is seen repeating the works of the Master. When the world would not believe his words, Jesus said, "Believe me for the very works' sake." There is ample literal Scriptural authority for the claims of Christian Science.

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