Article September 30, 1911 Issue

Christian Science is no mere theory, it is known by its...

Algernon Hervey Bathurst—London, Eng.

New Age

Christian Science is no mere theory, it is known by its works, and those only can be called Christian Scientists who have not only studied, but practised, the teachings set forth by Mrs. Eddy in the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." It is for this very reason that the word "Science" was so aptly chosen by Mrs. Eddy to describe this great subject. Mere enthusiasm will not avail much, but the actual experience of sickness healed, of sin, misery, want, and discord overcome, is what enables Christian Scientists to stand and say, in the words of Job, "I know that my redeemer liveth."

Again, surely the term "eccentric religion" falls somewhat wide of the mark when used in connection with Christian Science. It is true that the same religion, preached and practised two thousand years ago by Christ Jesus and his disciples, was similarly criticized. Nevertheless, the sick were healed and the sinner reformed, as a proof of the mission which the Master declared he had come to accomplish, namely, to fulfil, and not to destroy, God's law. Jesus the Christ taught and demonstrated that sin, sickness, and fear were no part of God's creation, and were not brought about by the law of God. Would it not, therefore, be more logical to term eccentric those religions which teach that these very things that the Master came to prove to be unreal, not created by God, are to be patiently borne and accepted as God-given? Truth cannot be changed, and the truth taught by Jesus, and reiterated in Christian Science, is as true and practical today as the day it was first uttered.

Those who have turned to Christian Science for the help they have failed to find elsewhere, need no urging to understand what has freed them, and, as was the case with the blind man, they say with gratitude, in reply to criticism, "One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see;" and as they continue to search deeper into the teachings of this great subject they learn that freedom from sickness and sin, far from being eccentric, is the logical and natural result of the endeavor to live and practise the teachings of the Master given to the world two thousand years ago, and reiterated by Mrs. Eddy.

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