Article May 10, 1952 Issue

FROM ANNUAL REPORTS OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE COMMITTEES ON PUBLICATION

Legal Rights of Christian Scientists Upheld

German-speaking Switzerland

A learned judge, in ruling favorably on a case involving a Christian Scientist, said: "As an adherent of Christian Science she positively refused medical help; she worked for her daughter according to the rules of Christian Science. As can be seen in a sentence already cited, such work is not quackery, but it is classified as a religious act.

"It is essential to understand that adherents of Christian Science consider the origin of disease to be mental, caused by some conscious or unconscious fear. On the other hand, this fear is a direct result of the patient's disobedience to God's law. Therefore, in order to get his healing, man must again atone with God. This requires mental work, and this mental activity consists of silent communion with Truth, i.e., God, and of seeing man as His image and likeness. This is obtained by prayer.

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