Article February 17, 1934 Issue

I was much interested in what your medical correspondent...

Charles M. Shaw, former Committee on Publication for Lancashire, England,—Bury

Times

I was much interested in what your medical correspondent had to say on the discussion in the Upper House of Convocation of Canterbury on the subject of the anointing of the sick. He admitted that such an act could help the sick because faith is an important factor in their recovery. And he implied that such anointing was not inconsistent with appropriate medical treatment.

Then he went on to say that "Christian Science is opposed to all the assumptions on which the medical profession is based, and we recognize that we have nothing to do with each other." This is a frank admission and tends to "clear the air"; but it is desirable to explain the reason for it.

Both medical men and faith healers hold that life has a physical basis, that, in short, it is organic, and that a knowledge of the human beliefs regarding existence and disease enables them to give such treatment as will promote its cure; and included in such knowledge is the recognition that faith will more or less facilitate the restoration of health. On the other hand, Christian Science teaches, on the authority of the Scriptures and of Christ Jesus, that man's life is essentially spiritual, proceeding from and governed by divine Principle. And the labors of Mrs. Eddy have given us a spiritually scientific method which, if faithfully applied, will overcome all sin and disease.

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