The
novice in Christian Science often wonders why he has so much error to overcome when he is striving to live in accordance with its teachings; indeed it may sometimes seem that the errors and false beliefs manifest as sin, sickness, and limitation, which were supposedly overcome, reappear even more frequently than before.
In
the business world we sometimes see an honest, conscientious Christian man trying hard to do a fair business and make a living, and we see him jostled, crowded, and finally defeated by some overpowering monopoly.
May I be allowed to correct the false impression of Christian Science conveyed in a critic's remark that "one need not be a Christian Scientist to know that a man with a strong effort of will can stave off a cold or influenza.
Personally I have had some experience with Christian Science,—enough, at any rate, to know that it has no connection whatsoever with the species of mesmerism or aggressive mental suggestion described in your editorial as related to it.
The implication that Christian Science teaches the ignoring of sin, and that this would mean the indulgence of it, must arise from grave misunderstanding of what Christian Science really does teach concerning sin.
