Article July 16, 1904 Issue

Not Revolutionary but Evolutionary

Alfred Farlow

Boston Courier

Christian Science does not nullify any theory or practice which it cannot replace with something better and more desirable. The difficulty with some critics is that they do not note what it gives in return for that which it disavows. It would not "snatch the mariner's compass from his ship," but would improve it; it would not "tear up the railroad tracks," but would make them better and safer; it would not "pluck down the telegraph and telephone," but would give the inventors and operators a higher degree of intelligence by which to improve them. Christian Science would not "take clothes from the naked," nor "homes from the little ones," but would give to its adherents an increased degree of sobriety, industry, and good sense, so that they might yet improve their conditions.

Our critic is entirely wrong in his premises as to the meaning of Christian Science; hence he is equally erroneous in his conclusions. If he will examine the condition of his friends who have espoused Christian Science, he will find that this truth has made them better business men; better railroad men; better telephone operators or inventors; that it has made parents more dutiful and tender. And this will be convincing that the logical outcome of Christian Science influence is the exact reverse of that which he, in his ignorance of the subject, has suggested. Alfred Farlow.

Boston Courier.

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