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Our critic says, "I cannot believe the method of Christian Scientists and that of Jesus the same.
I have just laid down a newspaper where I read the following words, written by a non-conforming minister, the Rev.

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For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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While Christian Science claims to be a reinstatement of primitive Christianity, and submits as one proof of this claim the healing works which are similar to those performed by the early Christians, physical healing is not the fundamental purpose of Christian Science, and is not therefore, as our critic seems to believe, the only proof offered of its truth or of its Scriptural basis.

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I agree with the writer of this article that mental treatment of the sick, as it is ordinarily understood, and which deals exclusively with the carnal will, is not in accord with the practice of Jesus Christ, who said, "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
God means more to Christian Scientists than to other denominations; so also does Jesus and every event of his career and every word of his teaching.
Our critic refers to Christian Science as though it came under the category of systems, devised by the human mind, for the attempted removal of the discords of its own production.

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On page 345 of the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs.
It is absolutely incorrect to say, as our critic does, that "the therapeutic side of Christian Science dominated everything else.
It is fair, I think, to say that our friendly critic has based his objections on the idea that Christian Science accepts the theory of verbal inspiration so literally that, like a certain famous lady, it would not spare a letter of that blessed word Mesopotamia, and that on this basis it has erected a scientific castle in the air.

TRUTH NEVER FAILS

A certain experience brought the writer face to face with the question, Has Christian Science failed to heal?

THE ELIMINATION OF PERSONALITY

It is sometimes assumed by persons who observe the workings of the Christian Science organization from a standpoint outside the ranks, that the form of government provided in the church Manual tends to hamper individual growth; that any system of external regulation interferes with spiritual progress; and that dependence on organization is contrary to the teachings of Jesus.

THE BLAZED TRAIL

Out in Colorado lived a woman whose people had been pioneers, so she loved the mountains and found delight in wandering through the pine forests that clothed their sides.