Richard H. Smith, Committee on Publication for the State of Montana,
The author of a news dispatch published in your paper recently gives incorrect information when he says that because of the considerable number of deaths among Christian Scientists, the "leaders" of the movement in England have approved a policy of calling a doctor instead of relying exclusively on "mind discipline.
J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
Editorial comment accompanying an article printed in a recent issue of the Herald contained the statement that "Christian Scientists practice mental suggestion to combat sickness, pain, and disease along with prayer and faith in divine healing.
George W. Martin, Committee on Publication for Victoria, Australia,
The article "Christian Science Fails Again" so misinterprets the great truth underlying Christian Science that I would request space to clear away the false impression it is likely to leave with your readers.
Hugh Stuart Campbell, Committee on Publication for the State of Illinois,
A London dispatch, published in your recent issue under the heading "Christian Scientists will Cooperate with Doctors in England," has misinformed your readers.
Miss Helena de Graaf, Committee on Publication for Java,
A Christian Scientist does not differ from any other scientific person where the correction of wrong beliefs ignorantly voiced about the special science of which he makes a study, is concerned.
On
the quotation page at the beginning of the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, is the well-known saying of our Master, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
In
studying the eighth and ninth chapters of Matthew, one is impressed with the quality of thought expressed by those who came to Jesus for healing, namely, evident expectancy, the result of some measure of faith in God's goodness, which they glimpsed through the transparency of Jesus' purity.
In
the reign of King Hezekiah, when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, was planning an attack upon Jerusalem, Hezekiah assembled his people and discussed the situation with them, reminding them that spiritual power is always superior to a material claim of power.
