A congregation, consisting of about one hundred Manchester adherents of Christian Science, assembled at the annual thanksgiving service at the Victoria Park Church last night [Dec.
I see by your good paper of the 4th, that the Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Boston is to teach a class in "faith healing," and that the pastor has stated in this connection that Christian Scientists work their cures through hypnotism, and even Christ Jesus is charged with being nothing more than a very successful hypnotist.
I am not aware that any of the articles of the church to which the reverend critic belongs teaches that the power of Jesus was hypnotic, nor that such an explanation of the wonderful works of the Master would be accepted by any Protestant church in Ohio, but I do know that the reverend gentleman errs most completely when he announces soberly, in addressing a class of religious seekers after truth, that "this is the way Christian Scientists perform their cures.
Christian Scientists do not assert that no results have been obtained in the past through prayer, as it is known that during the first few centuries of the Christian Church healing was recognized as a regular part of the Church work, and there has probably been no time since during which numbers of faithful adherents of Christianity have not.
The Committee on Publication of the Christian Science churches in London writes: "At this season of the year many engage in festivities, nominally to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the Christ, but in reality with little idea of the wonderful birth and career of the most spiritual thought that ever appeared to mankind.
