May I be permitted to correct several erroneous statements...

Lieut. Col. Robert E. Key,

Carlisle Journal

May I be permitted to correct several erroneous statements made by your correspondent in regard to Mrs. Eddy and Christian Science?

Mary Baker Eddy possessed an exceptional intellect, and received a good education.

The cures brought about by Christian Science treatment are neither haphazard nor accidental. Your correspondent writes as one who has studied this Science only superficially. The Science of Christianity by which the cures are effected must be understood by a student in the same way as any science is learned, that is, by precept and example; and a Christian Scientist claims to know just as much about Christian Science as he can prove.

Mrs. Eddy writes in "Rudimental Divine Science" (pp. 6, 7): "The proof of what you apprehend, in the simplest definite and absolute form of healing, can alone answer this question of how much you understand of Christian Science Mind-healing."