When my attention was called to the brief comment in...

Louis N. Denniston, Committee on Publication for the State of Connecticut,—Waterbury

Republican

When my attention was called to the brief comment in a recent issue, having the word "menace" in the headline and giving a brief resume of a lecture containing references to Christian Science, my memory reverted to the time when Christian Science, the outstanding contribution in our time to the uplifting of humanity physically, morally, mentally, and spiritually, was beginning to become known for what it is. The speaker stated that Christian Scientists were not active in social service work, or similar lines. I do not know intimately the activities of our people in Waterbury, but I know that Christian Scientists generally are often active in social service, in a most practical manner. Furthermore, there has not been an emergency, local, national, or international, but has called forth generous contributions of time, money, and comforts from Christian Scientists.

During nearly thirty years of intimate contact with this great movement, I have never seen or known of a single instance that would warrant anyone to make the assertion that Christian Science was a menace. On the other hand, I have known at first hand of sins overcome, the blind given sight, the lame enabled to walk, the weak made strong, the lives of blighted ones restored to usefulness, and all manner of sickness among the people healed by Christian Science.

In an address to the Concord church in 1899, Mary Baker Eddy quoted the Master's words, "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." She added (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 150), "Then, if the wisdom you manifest causes Christendom or the disclaimer against God to call this 'a subtle fraud,' 'let your peace return to you.'"

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