Article July 22, 1933 Issue

In the last three issues of the Church Chronicle a clergyman...

Cecil E. Benjamin, Committee on Publication for Cape Province, South Africa,—Cape Town

Church Chronicle

In the last three issues of the Church Chronicle a clergyman discussed Christian Science, pointing out what he believes to be absurdities in its teachings. He admits that it is successful in the healing of certain types of disease, and that it has awakened the church to the fact that divine healing is an essential part of Christianity, but expresses the view that it will eventually "vanish from the earth by the will of God."

As regards the contention that divine healing should be used only in conjunction with medical treatment, it may be pointed out that Christ Jesus, the greatest healer the world has ever known, used no material medication whatever; nor did he attach to his promise any condition that ordinary medical aid should be used when he said, "They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." In Christian Science practice it has been found that "radical reliance on Truth" (Science and Health, p. 167) is necessary, and to the extent that the patient divides his allegiance and attempts to rely upon both spiritual and material remedies at the same time, recovery is invariably retarded or prevented.

"Medicus" writes the following in the Cape Argus of July 18, 1931: "Now I am not a Christian Scientist, but I do know that a relative of mine who had a duodenal ulcer, the X-ray plate of which I saw, was cured of it after none but Christian Science treatment. He also was cured of a swollen septic leg in a single night after he had given himself up to the divine Mind. I have cross-examined him on the subject, and the facts are as I have stated. I may say that he is one of the clearest thinking, most solid-minded men in Cape Town, trusted and honored by everyone."

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