The conflicting methods of treatment in the different schools of medicine and the lack of unity among physicians of the same school prove that these systems are not founded upon exact science or fixed principle, and because of this people are seeking for something more reliable in their hour of need.
With reference to an article published in your issue of July 12, it is indeed cause for much rejoicing on the part of Christian Scientists that their religion is credited with all the good things that befall the lot of man.
Our critic errs in his inference when he states that one so-called "element" of truth found in Christian Science, is "the influence of the mind over the body.
Without going into the religious phases of such a situation, the fact is evident that there is such a thing as malicious animal magnetism, and that the world recognizes it under various names, and abhors it.
The teachings of Christian Science involve no new philosophy, but are those of the Bible, and its practice is in strict conformity with that of Jesus and his disciples.
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would seem that a faithful study of the Lesson–Sermon each week would make clear to every reader the difference between man in the image and likeness of God, and the mortal material man cognized by the physical senses, and Christian Scientists, or those who have accepted the teachings of Christ Jesus as interpreted in Christian Science, should realize the importance of being correct in their statements of the rules and Principle of this Science.
