Our critic approaches the entire question of Christian Science from a purely material standpoint, an attitude which is impossible in considering metaphysics; for it should be remembered that Christian Science interprets the Bible spiritually.
If
there is one statement of Jesus that is fixed in my thought more than another it is, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
The
word "examination" is so frequently before the thought these days, in the press and the tongue, that a few words as to its true meaning is not amiss.
Under the caption, "Self-Hypnosis not Uncommon," a critic in the Republican quite plainly displays his ignorance of Christian Science and of the Christian Science method of healing when he states, "His patients believe in him.
The sermon reported in a recent issue misrepresents and misinterprets the teachings of Christian Science, and reveals again the fact that a material interpretation of the Bible brings to the reader uncertainty, confusion, and contradiction.
