Article February 24, 1934 Issue

In the September 28 issue of the Times-Union, the writer...

William Wallace Porter, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,—Albany

Times-Union

In the September 28 issue of the Times-Union, the writer of a column, briefly discussing the subject of healing under the general assumption of "mind over matter," classifies Christian Science with various psychological processes. Continuing, the writer infers that the healing brought out in Christian Science has to do with the adjustment of "imaginary" ills, and says, "They serve their purpose, but just try them out on a broken leg or a case of appendicitis."

Through practice the teaching of Christian Science is shown to be demonstrable or scientific; consequently, its healing qualities extend to all phases of human discord. Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp. 182, 183): "To admit that sickness is a condition over which God has no control, is to presuppose that omnipotent power is powerless on some occasions. The law of Christ, or Truth, makes all things possible to Spirit; but the so-called laws of matter would render Spirit of no avail, and demand obedience to materialistic codes, thus departing from the basis of one God, one lawmaker."

It has been the privilege of the writer to see a broken leg knit and become strong under Christian Science treatment after the leg weights had been removed and the case, that of an elderly woman, abandoned by a well-known, reputable physician. Another healing, personally observed, was that of a young woman student in a large eastern college; her sickness was diagnosed by school and hospital physicians as appendicitis; she was removed to the hospital and prepared for an operation; the operation was not performed because the case was healed by Christian Science treatment.

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