Article August 20, 1938 Issue

From Letters, Substantially as Published

In a recent issue Christian Science was mentioned, and...

Meinrad Schnewlin, Committee on Publication for German-speaking Switzerland,—Sissach (translation)

Volksstimme von Baselland

In a recent issue Christian Science was mentioned, and the statement was made that according to Christian Science teaching, sickness was "an imagination devoid of all reality." Another declaration said that what we most urgently need is not "Gesundbeter" [prayer-healers], which evidently implies adherents of Christian Science.

So the article seems to take an unfriendly attitude toward this teaching. On the other hand, however, its statements coincide in a degree with the teachings of Christian Science. If refers to a passage in the ninth chapter of Matthew, which treats of the healing of a man sick of the palsy. This very passage is the one which in a dark hour brought illumination and healing to Mary Baker Eddy, resulting in her discovery of Christian Science. Certainly, the first step is the reform brought about through the coming of Christ to the human consciousness. This results in the "signs following," which Jesus promised his followers.

Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Mary Baker Eddy has written in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 183): "Divine Mind rightly demands man's entire obedience, affection, and strength. No reservation is made for any lesser loyalty." While Christian Science applies the word "unreal" to sickness, it concedes that to the finite mortal consciousness sickness appears to be an actual fact. It proves, as Jesus proved, that sickness disappears like darkness before the light of the truth of being. When a tired mortal longingly reaches out for something higher, better, than material sense can give, Christ may be heard saying. "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Then will the "signs following" also appear.

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