Article May 30, 1931 Issue

In reading the report of a sermon on "The Truth about...

Charles H. Parker, Committee on Publication for Cheshire, England,—Hyde

North Cheshire Herald

In reading the report of a sermon on "The Truth about Christian Science," which appeared in your issue of the 23d inst., while I am unable to accept many of the statements made by the speaker, yet I cannot help being struck by the very evident desire he showed to express a fair judgment of the subject on which he was speaking.

In dealing with the teaching of Christian Science the speaker is reported to have said: "It is a very lofty and sublime conception and will ultimately, I believe, be found to be true in that 'far-off divine event to which the whole creation moves.'" From this it would appear that the only point of difference between the speaker and Christian Scientists lies in the fact that while Christian Scientists believe, with Paul, that "now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation," the speaker prefers to postpone this salvation to some far-off future time. Paul, the other apostles, and the early church knew that "now is the day of salvation." They did not postpone salvation to some future time but accepted it as an ever present possibility, and so were able to fulfill the Master's command to "heal the sick."

In saying that "Christian Science makes the first mistake of thinking that because God is good He has given to man the freedom to go wrong," the speaker incorrectly states the position. Not only does Christian Science teach that God is good, but that God is infinitely good, and therefore that there can be no reality in any other power than good.

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