One of the first protests which Christian Scientists will enter against our critic's methods is based on his use of the title "evangelist" to cloak an attack on followers of Christ Jesus, to whose teachings he also vows allegiance.
In a sermon reported in your paper the attempt was made to couple Christian Science with various systems of religious belief, the statement being made that only those who do not understand the Bible are followers of those teachings.
That Christian Science makes bad citizens good and good citizens better, and that it has done so in Joplin, an evangelist critic did not attempt to deny.
In one issue of your paper was an article enumerating the medical graduates for the last three years, according to statistics from the Journal of the American Medical Association, and showing the steady decrease as compared with previous years.
One
of the greatest gifts of Christian Science is the opportunity it offers for service, the added ability to help one's fellow men, for such is truly service to God.
Many
who have turned to Christian Science and secured the assistance of some one who, as they think, has gained a better understanding of its teachings, are confronted sometimes, when the visible sign of physical betterment seems long delayed, by the question whether Christian Science really offers the means for deliverance from all the evils to which mortals are subject.
Every
voluntary association of persons that desires permanency must be so organized and governed as to possess the character and qualities of order, system, and cohesion.
