In an article headed, "Says Lying Is Best Asset of Doctor," a physician is credited with premising that disease is something real and formidable, and that a denial of this reality constitutes a lie.
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is not possible to state in adequate terms the change which takes place in the consciousness of an individual when once the glorious light of Christian Science has shone upon him, and when it is given a place in his consciousness where it may continue to shine.
It is not very unusual for critics to say that Christian Science denies the necessity for repentance, as does a minister whose sermon was reported in a recent issue, and such a statement could result only from lack of information regarding Christian Science teaching.
Christian Science does not, as stated in an article entitled "Chat on Health," depend for its efficacy as a healing agent upon the influence of the human mind on the body.
A sermon reported in the News contained the representation that Christian Science is one of the "false religions," and that the genuine Christian Scientist cannot pray because of his views as to sin and as to "the blood of Christ on Calvary.
In studying the English Bible we are dealing with a translation from a foreign tongue, made three hundred years ago, and it is a matter of the greatest importance that we should endeavor to find out the precise meaning of the original writers.
