Article August 27, 1938 Issue

In the current Church Gazette, under the caption "Physical Healing...

Arthur E. F. Court, Committee on Publication for North Island, New Zealand,—Auckland

Church Gazette

In the current Church Gazette, under the caption "Physical Healing," is the following sentence: "Christian Scientists are not the only ones who rest their teaching on false foundations." The teachings of Christian Science are the direct teachings of Christ Jesus, and these were not based on false foundations. Nowhere in the New Testament is there any instruction to practice medicine. Jesus himself did not employ it, nor did he recommend it to his followers, who yet were told to "heal the sick."

Christian Scientists have no enmity against the medical profession, and never advise any person not to consult a reputable physician, if he or she so desires; but when we have the word of Jesus that "it is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing," why should we wish to turn to material remedies? We cannot rely upon omnipotent God, who healeth all our diseases, and at the same time put our faith in material remedies.

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