Article May 17, 1930 Issue

If a person repeats a statement over and over to convince...

John Murray Burriss, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,—Lecompton

Sun

If a person repeats a statement over and over to convince himself that the statement is true, such practice is "an overheated brand of Christian Science," according to a paragraph in your esteemed paper of January 16. This statement is apt to mislead the readers of your paper as to the true nature of Christian Science treatment, for it implies that such treatment consists mainly of a repetition of words.

Genuine Christian Science treatment rests upon two basic truths set forth in the first chapter of Genesis: first, that man as God created him is the image and likeness of his creator, and is therefore spiritual and perfect; and, second, that God "saw every thing that he had made" and that it was "very good." From this last statement the logical deduction is that God did not and could not create evil, and that evil, however manifested, has only suppositional existence or power, and is the product of wrong thinking. A Christian Science treatment serves to correct the wrong thinking which is causing the discord, not by "vain repetitions, as the heathen do," but by the clear realization that discord of whatever name or nature is no part of God's perfect creation, and therefore cannot be a part of man, made in God's image and likeness.

On page 111 of her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy writes: "The Principle of divine metaphysics is God; the practice of divine metaphysics is the utilization of the power of Truth over error; its rules demonstrate its Science." In short, Christian Science practice fully exemplifies this teaching of the Master: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

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