Edgar McLeod, Committee on Publication for Northern California,
The medical writer in a recent issue of the California Monthly who condemns and ridicules the various systems of healing which differ from his own, and who also disparages the judgment of persons who exercise their right to choose remedial aid other than that he himself espouses, makes several statements which show that he is badly informed and under a complete misapprehension with respect to the teaching and practice of Christian Science.
Ralph W. Still, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
In the "To-day" column of a recent issue of the Times statements appear concerning the teachings of Christian Science, for the correction of which I would be pleased to have you allow space.
Christian Scientists
are not politicians in the commonly accepted sense of the term, but they strive to follow the example of their Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, who wrote (see page 276 of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany): "I am asked, 'What are your politics?
When
the student of Christian Science calls upon a practitioner for aid, in the seeker's consciousness there is usually the desire for some definite result to be brought about.
If
we will pause to examine ourselves and very humbly look back over the way we have come, we shall see that when we have experienced failure instead of winning the expected victory, it has oftentimes been because we have had too much confidence in ourselves and have failed to obey the divine commandments.
Christian Scientists
should ever be mindful of the important fact that the world as a rule bases its estimate of the faith they profess upon the manner in which it is presented and lived by themselves.
with contributions from Daniel A. Poling, Florence E. Allen, Grace H. Brosseau, Irving Ellsworth Putnam, Julian Harris, Henry C. Offerman, Robert E. Brown
