Article May 7, 1938 Issue

From Letters, Substantially as Published

There is an interesting account of a lecture in Town...

B. Palmer Lewis, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,—New York

Herald Tribune

There is an interesting account of a lecture in Town Hall carried in a recent issue of your paper. No lecture by the famous satirist and author referred to could be dull, and no book of his, so far as I know, may justly be dubbed stupid and boring. Readily do we grant him distinction and importance in his own sphere, and I am confident that this author, an advocate of tolerance, would not knowingly scoff or sneer at a great religious movement that is blessing mankind.

Christian Science ministration has lifted many from beds of pain and anguish to health and happiness; it has given sight to the blind, enabled the lame to walk, the deaf to hear, and the gospel of the omnipotence and omnipresence of a beneficent creator is now preached to all who are willing to listen.

I regret that the author, in his lecture, has attempted to bracket Christian Science with systems that are its antitheses. Christian Scientists are intelligent, law-abiding citizens. They are assets to any community. Worshiping God according to their conscience, they became Christian Scientists because the truth of their religion was demonstrated to their entire satisfaction, meeting their needs physically, mentally, and morally in their daily walk of life. Christian Scientists show due respect for the religious beliefs of their fellow men and, necessarily, having great reverence for their own religion, they appreciate freedom from bigotry in others.

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