Your review rather leaves the impression that Christian Scientists cling to their religious belief, to the exclusion of medical treatment, through a fanatical sense of faith in prayer, rather than upon what is believed to be a rational reliance upon medicine.
[We are glad to present herewith some excerpts from a speech by General Hulings on a medical bill which was under discussion by the upper house of the Pennsylvania Legislature.
While
passing through one of those experiences which help us finally to understand the supremacy of Mind, the writer's thought dwelt frequently on that beautiful psalm so dear to Christian Scientists,—the 91st.
A short
while ago the writer came across a newspaper cutting referring to a correspondence, dating back to about the middle of the last century, between a Dutch ancestor and the Greek philosopher Adamantios Korais, who had been an eye-witness of the French Revolution.
From
time to time my attention has been drawn to the opposition manifested by some who are becoming interested in Christian Science, to what they deem is the adulation of Mrs.
The physical healing effected through Christian Science is in sense secondary to the main import of this teaching, because Christian Science seeks primarily the moral regeneration of those who adopt its plan of human betterment.