There is much good to be derived...

James Harry McReynolds

The Groesbeck Journal

James Harry McReynolds, Committee on Publication for Texas The Groesbeck Journal, Groesbeck

There is much good to be derived from the article entitled "Jesus, the Great Physician," which appeared in a recent issue of The Groesbeck Journal. The world needs to be awakened to a greater appreciation and understanding of Jesus' words and works. As the impotent man's thinking at the pool of Bethesda was uplifted and directed to a power higher than that of the supposititious healing qualities of troubled waters, so, today, mankind through the help of the Master's teachings can turn away from superstitious trust in materialism to enlightened faith in and understanding of the power of "the living God."

I regret to see, however, that the writer of the article made unkind reference to Christian Scientists, who, he implies, do not believe in "the truth as it is in Christ." It is not my purpose to engage in a religious controversy of doctrinal points, but in fairness to all of your readers I feel that they are entitled to know what Christian Scientists believe on the point raised in the article.

"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" (John 8:12). This "light" was "the truth as it is in Christ," and Christian Scientists unhesitatingly accept it as such. Christian Scientists are earnestly endeavoring to follow the example of the Master in every respect. We believe in and practice divine healing as taught by Jesus, but we know that the healing of disease is by no means the end of Jesus' mission.

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, in writing on this subject, said: "Healing physical sickness is the smallest part of Christian Science. It is only the bugle-call to thought and action, in the higher range of infinite goodness. The emphatic purpose of Christian Science is the healing of sin" (Rudimental Divine Science, p. 2). This same purpose is stated in the Bible in I John: "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."

We believe further that the only way of salvation is through Christ, and the Saviour whom we accept and acknowledge is Christ. One of the six religious Tenets of Christian Science stated in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, reads in part as follows (p. 497): "We acknowledge that man is saved through Christ, through Truth, Life, and Love as demonstrated by the Galilean Prophet in healing the sick and overcoming sin and death."

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