Article August 30, 1930 Issue

A reference to Christian Science by a clergyman which...

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

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A reference to Christian Science by a clergyman which appeared in the issue of your paper of December 17, 1929, disclosed his unfamiliarity with the subject. Subsequently, in your issue on March 24 he uses the words, "These is Christian Science, a false religion." And again, in your issue of March 31 he says, Christian Science comes "under the heading of Baal," meaning by this that Christian Science is anti-Christian. Continuing, he says in part: "If there is no sin in the world, then Jesus came to no avail, ... and when you concoct some sort of religion to do away with sin, you are doing away with Jesus." In the interest of fairness and accuracy, will you kindly grant me space for comment on these statements?

The assertion that Christian Science is false and anti-Christian is inaccurate. Mrs. Eddy says she discovered Christian Science as the result of her consecrated study of the Bible, and that the Bible was her only textbook. She further states that she founded her system upon "the teachings and demonstrations of our great Master and the lives of prophets and apostles" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 126). Certainly no one is better qualified to give the source of her discovery than Mrs. Eddy herself; and if Christian Science is false and anti-Christian, as this critic avers, then every fiber of Christianity, the religion established by Christ Jesus, is interwoven with falsity, and Christ Jesus himself becomes a false teacher.

Jesus commanded his followers to preach the gospel, cast out devils (sin), and heal the sick. That Christian Scientists are succeeding in this work in a marked degree is evidenced on every hand, and is no longer questioned by well-informed persons. Surely a system of religious teaching which enables its students to do this healing work is not false nor anti-Christian. Such a conclusion is so illogical as to be absurd. An ever increasing host who have been healed of various forms of disease and sin, and thus restored to lives of happiness and usefulness through Christian Science treatment, do not believe it is a false religion; they know it is not.

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