The
unceasing freshness of Christian Science for the student often lies in the ever-extending application of some of the simple truths of the Bible which are made clear for the first time through the study of the text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
As
one reads the grateful testimonies from mothers all over the world of the blessing that Christian Science is proving in their home-life,—of their little ones restored to health, of crooked limbs made straight, those condemned to invalidism set free from the rule of material law,—one's heart goes out in love to the earnest woman who rose above the mists of self-pity, the contemplation of her own wrongs, to find her happiness in pointing out the way to others.
The
belief that man is material, that the universe is physical, that there is such a thing as material law or that material wants and desires are actualities in the scheme of creation,—this mistaken belief keeps agitating mankind to look for satisfaction in matter.
In his manifest attempt to discredit Christian Science, our critic takes the position that the body is beyond the control of God, and cannot be healed by appeal to Him.
It is unfortunate that the reverend critic should have considered it necessary to attack other Christians in their work for humanity before learning the facts concerning their teaching.
To cite the practises of a mesmerist which the critic acknowledges were "only an exhibition of the force of suggestion or the action of the law of faith, over a patient in the impressible condition," as in any degree comparable with the practise of Christian faith and understanding as taught in the Bible and reemphasized by Mrs.
