Article July 25, 1931 Issue

In a letter printed on July 22, I endeavored to explain...

Robert Ramsey, Committee on Publication for Lanarkshire, Scotland,—Glasgow

Evening Citizen

In a letter printed on July 22, I endeavored to explain that Christian Science and spiritualism are in no way related. Your anonymous correspondent, "Truth," replies to my letter by introducing several new questions. First, he takes exception to Christian Science testimonies because "Mrs. Eddy and God are thanked and praised for blessings received." Christ Jesus set the example of thanking God; and surely it is not unnatural to thank those who have redirected us to His healing, and so led to our blessing. The next point raised is that "one might as well adopt Mr. Coue's method and formation of words as Mrs. Eddy's, and get the same result." Mrs. Eddy's teachings lead up to the understanding of God, and it is this understanding which produces the healing results. Anything of the nature of a formula is forbidden in Christian Science.

Our critic's last accusation is that "Mrs. Eddy's religious teaching points out a way to evade carrying the cross of Jesus Christ." The reply to this is contained in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," where Mrs. Eddy has written (pp. 178, 179), "Whoever reaches the understanding of Christian Science in its proper signification will perform the sudden cures of which it is capable; but this can be done only by taking up the cross and following Christ in the daily life."

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