Article August 6, 1949 Issue

A statement by William D. Kilpatrick, Manager of Committees on Publication of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts, substantially as read over radio Station WMEX, Boston.

BROADCAST STATEMENTS

from Christian Science Committees on Publication

William D. Kilpatrick

May I express to the management of radio Station WMEX my gratitude for permission to reply briefly to some misleading remarks concerning the teachings of Christian Science made over this station from Tremont Temple recently.

The portion of the address to which objection is taken was the reference to the teachings of Christian Science on the subject of sin. The import of the speaker's remarks was to the effect that if his church could ignore sin like the Christian Science church and just affirm that there is no sin, he could fill his church to the rafters.

Instead of ignoring or "glossing over" sin, Christian Science emphatically and vigorously stresses the vital necessity of overcoming sin in all of its aspects. In fact, I know of no religious denomination in the world that dwells upon the evils of sin and its consequences as does Christian Science. The entire Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, is devoted to the handling of sin and its effects.

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