Article April 13, 1929 Issue

The kindly tone of a writer's reference to Christian Science...

Kellogg Patton, Committee on Publication for the State of Wisconsin,

Milwaukee Sentinel

The kindly tone of a writer's reference to Christian Science in a recent issue of your paper is much appreciated. It would appear, however, that the writer and the correspondent he quotes have not looked deeply enough into the subject of Christian Science to be correctly informed as to its teaching. Christian Science does not teach that all people are good. It teaches that the real man made in the image and likeness of God is good, but not the unreal, mortal man, of whom the Scripture says, "His days are as grass." It recognizes and emphasizes the good qualities which people express, because such qualities are recognized as qualities of God, and are therefore real; while evil qualities are not emphasized and are denied reality because they proceed from the unreal, mortal, or "carnal mind," as Paul put it, which "is enmity against God."

It is undoubtedly true that a large percentage of people's ailments are purely imaginary; but even when they are not called purely imaginary, Christian Science does not deny that these ailments seem very real to the material senses, or that they are a constituent part of human experience. Christian Science, however, denies the reality of disease from a purely spiritual viewpoint regarding God and man and the universe. As to the implied claim that Christian Science heals only those ailments which are generally recognized as purely imaginary, and that it is dangerous to leave to it the healing of ailments that are regarded as serious, it should be said that Christian Science heals all manner of disease, organic as well as functional; and this fact is being recognized by some prominent physicians.

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