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of those who accept the teachings of Christian Science are apt to think, in their early experience in the study of the subject, that the first thing they should use their slight knowledge of Science for is to help them acquire an abundance of material things,—this world's needs, so called.
Christian Scientists believe in the omnipotence of God; that He has as much power to replace sickness and disease with health as He has to replace darkness with light, and that He is no more a respecter of diseases than He is of persons.
While Christian Science claims to be a reinstatement of primitive Christianity, and submits as one proof of this claim the healing works which are similar to those performed by the early Christians, physical healing is not the fundamental purpose of Christian Science, and is not therefore, as our critic seems to believe, the only proof offered of its truth or of its Scriptural basis.
I agree with the writer of this article that mental treatment of the sick, as it is ordinarily understood, and which deals exclusively with the carnal will, is not in accord with the practice of Jesus Christ, who said, "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Our critic refers to Christian Science as though it came under the category of systems, devised by the human mind, for the attempted removal of the discords of its own production.
