Charles W. J. Tennant, District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
In your recent issue there appears a letter signed "Onlooker," in which Christian Science is classified as "neither Christianity nor Science, but just sheer downright nonsense.
The
opening lines of the Preface to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy read, "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.
Prior
to learning the truth as taught in Christian Science, the question of healing the sick as our Master did, through spiritual means alone, had been a perplexing problem to many; so much so, in fact, that some had seemingly drifted on to the shoals of skepticism, even to the extent of doubting whether the marvelous works of healing so often chronicled in the Gospels ever really occurred.
Ralph B. Textor, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio,
Referring to the recent installment of "Fair Dawn" in the News-Bee, I must state, for the benefit of your readers, that Christian Science does not in any way include the use of will-power, as inferred by the author of that story.
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
From what a minister said of his religious beliefs, as quoted in your recent issue, it is evident that his theological viewpoint is radically different from that of Christian Scientists.
Richard H. Smith, Committee on Publication for the State of Montana,
In a recent issue you very kindly published a refutation of the claim made by a revivalist that Christian Science denies many of the important teachings of God and is leading millions of souls to hell.
Miss Margaret H. Anderson, Committee on Publication for Natal, South Africa,
In your letter published recently in the Week-end Advertiser, dealing with present-day views of religion and headed, "Deluding the Public," you designate Christian Science as one of "the lower forms of Protestantism" and class it with spiritualism and theosophy.
