Article September 18, 1943 Issue

My attention has been called to...

Robert E. Key with contributions from Henry Irving Rasmus

Barnet Press

Lieut.-Col. Robert E. Key, District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland
Barnet Press, Hertfordshire

My attention has been called to a letter in which the writer denounces statements made in a lecture on Christian Science. The critic fails to grasp the teaching of Christian Science in regard to the unreality of evil, and his warning of hell-fire to those who are drawn to this religion sounds strange to modern ears. Christ Jesus taught that redemption must be achieved by works and not by words. He called on his followers to heal the sick and regenerate the sinner, and set an example by doing these works himself. Sickness and sin were healed when his teachings were obeyed and understood. Speaking of his mission, he said, "I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil," and commenting on this statement Mrs. Eddy writes on page 474 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," "Is it possible, then, to believe that the evils which Jesus lived to destroy are real or the offspring of the divine will?"

Christian Science does not ignore sin, but insists that it be forsaken. In this connection we read (ibid., p. 339), "Only those, who repent of sin and forsake the unreal, can fully understand the unreality of evil." The teachings of Christian Science in regard to the healing of sin are simple and practical. Many thousands of grateful people testify to the healing and regenerating power of this new-old truth as found in Christian Science.

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