Article January 24, 1931 Issue

While I do not believe the writer of the article entitled...

Richard E. Prince, Committee on Publication for the State of Virginia,—(Baptist), Richmond

Religious Herald

While I do not believe the writer of the article entitled "The Christian Science Infiltration," in your issue of August 7, intended to misrepresent Christian Science, I shall appreciate the privilege of commenting on one or two statements therein.

It is true that "Christian Science persistently and continuously emphasizes the spiritual," as the writer asserts; but I must differ from him when he says, "It is not the spiritual as taught in the Bible." Christ Jesus defined God as "Spirit," and the term spiritual is used throughout the Scriptures to indicate that which is Godlike. It is in this sense only that it is used in Christian Science, and the following passage from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, illustrates it: "The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love" (p. 1).

As the writer also states, there are many reasons why "Christian Science is infiltrating itself into the life of our nation," and I believe the chief reason is because it is meeting the needs of humanity in sickness as well as in health.

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