The Citizen reports a sermon delivered at the Summer School of Theology in which the clergyman made the common mistake of associating the teachings of Christian Science with methods of healing that are based either upon blind faith or upon mental suggestion.
In
that deeper study of the Scriptures which naturally attends a growing understanding of the teachings of Science and Health, the beauty of their spiritual meaning is unfolded to us in ever increasing measure.
Anyone
who is familiar with the teachings of Christian Science knows that the power to heal is in proportion to one's honesty, purity, and spirituality.
As recorded in the Bible, the history of the children of Israel shows the paramount necessity of allegiance to God and reliance on His goodness and power under all circumstances.
The necessity for strict adherence by Christian Scientists to the teachings in the Sermon on the Mount may not be so clearly understood by the public as by Christian Scientists.
