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a great university, where at first everything is new and strange, it means a great deal to a student leaving home, perhaps for the first time, to meet very shortly after his arrival a number of people who are in sympathy with his way of thinking.
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consonance with the declaration of the psalmist, "He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions," the true understanding of the Scripture must heal all manner of disease.
A leading article in a late issue, on the women's page, contains a kindly reference to the work of Christian Science in healing the sick, but makes a statement that shows a misapprehension of its healing work.
It is stated that our critic in her arraignment of Christian Science said "she did not wish to offend any one, but her warning was given to those who may be wavering toward that faith, for she felt they should investigate and understand before casting aside the old established forms of religion.
Much passes under the name of Christian Science which is diametrically opposed to it, and I must again repeat that hypnotism, mesmerism, mental suggestion, and anything which can be classed under the name of psycho-therapeutics has no connection whatever with Christian Science, and is, we are convinced, highly injurious to health and character.
Christian Science is not based upon the human mind as a source of healing, but it employs the method taught by Jesus, who showed that God, the divine Mind, is the healer of both sin and sickness.
In your editorial of recent date, entitled "Mind Over Matter," you pay one of the greatest tributes to the perfect faith of Christian Scientists it has ever been my pleasure to read.
This paper is neither an advocate of nor an apologist for Christian Science, but we cannot refrain from protesting against any medical legislation in this state, the effect of which would be to prohibit Christian Science practice.
