Article February 22, 1936 Issue

My attention has been drawn to a paragraph in your...

Frederick H. Astley Woodward, Committee on Publication for Devonshire, England,—Torquay

Herald and Express

My attention has been drawn to a paragraph in your issue of the 13th, with the heading "Fussing about Health," in which occur the following words: "Homeopathy, Christian Science, and osteopathy have each the advantage of appealing to man's appetite for magic." Such a statement could only have been made in ignorance of what Christian Science is, and of the purpose for which the Church of Christ, Scientist, was founded, which was to "reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing" (Church Manual, p. 17).

For the benefit of your readers, perhaps you will grant me space to show why the speaker's remarks are incorrect. In answer to the question, "How would you define Christian Science?" Mrs. Eddy replies, "As the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of universal harmony" (Rudimental Divine Science, p. 1). Therefore there can be no "magic" to "appeal to man's appetite" in Christian Science; nor is there any connection between Christian Science and the two other "systems" mentioned in the paragraph.

Christian Science is accurate. It is Christian because it is based on the teachings and works of Christ Jesus; it includes the "lost element of healing," and enjoins obedience to the Decalogue. It is both scientific and Christian to find in God "our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

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