According to a recent report in the Midland Free Press,...

James W. Fulton, Committee on Publication for Ontario, Canada,

Midland Free Press

According to a recent report in the Midland Free Press, a speaker before the Midland Kiwanis Club "questioned the scientific basis behind Christian Science" and referred to this teaching as "quackery."

"Quack" is defined, in part, as "a boastful pretender to medical skill." Christian Science is not such a pretender. It does not depend upon medicine or medical health laws. The spiritual method of healing practiced by Christian Science and the material method taught by the medical schools are poles apart. The Science of Christianity is as widely separated from medical science today, as it was from the nostrums of the first century, when Christ Jesus demonstrated scientific, spiritual healing on the hills of Judea and on the shores of Galilee. No one can say that he was a "pretender to medical skill." Neither is Christian Science today, for it is the restoration of the spiritual method of the Master.

Although Luke had been a physician, there is no record that he returned to the practice of medicine after becoming a follower of Jesus, and, furthermore, in the Acts of the Apostles, a book generally attributed to Luke, the author draws attention to the power and efficacy of the spiritual method taught by the Master. Similar results today are following the restoration of the healing methods of Christ Jesus through the teachings of Christian Science. A number of highly respected physicians have, through observation and study, become so convinced of the efficacy of Christian Science as to give up their former profession for the practice of the latter.

That Christian Science, instead of pretending to practice or to follow medical practice, is blazing its own trail far in advance of material methods, is indicated by its fruitage. The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel, monthly and weekly publications, include verified testimonies of the healing of many types of diseases.

The speaker also questioned the scientific basis behind Christian Science. Christian Science is based on God, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The invariableness of God, as Life, Truth, and Love, reveals Him as the fixed Principle of all real being.

Medical practice is based on theories which are constantly changing. Christian Science is based on God, who never changes.

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