El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
A Christian Science Reply.
To the HERALD:

An article appeared In Thursday's
Ell Psso Times headed "KilIed by
Christian Science" We, with our lit
tie knowledge OF Christian Science, do
not feel equal to replying to the ar
ticle ina way that will do it justice,
but the writer happens to know some
thing regarding the case In question.
Possibly If any one wishes to inves-
tigate the matter, he will find there
are two sides to the story, and If the
writer of the said article will look into
Christian Science little he will find
also that it never yet has ''killed"
anyone. A person of age, or over, has
the right to emp oy whom he or she
pleases to attend them, or not to en-
ploy anyone at all, as this, we believe,
is fine country. The lady whom our
friend claims to have been "killed by
Christian Science''had been treated by
this Christian Science at different
years by the same practitioner
and helped; and when sent
for to attend the lady again, had every
reason to believe the patient could be
restored to health, and we consider no
one was to blame She certainly de-
sired Christian Science treatment as
the writer was present when the
The work was done faithfully and to
the best OF the metaphysician' q knowl-
edge, and that is all any one can do.
Christian Science is yet in it's infan-
cy, especially in Ell Paso, but 1t is here,
and 1t has come to stay. Has medical
science never lost patient through
lack of understanding of the case, that
our friend need condemn it TO thor
oughly: or has none of the doctors
mentioned in that article never lost q
case with that disease in FL Psso? A
lady told the writer few days since
that she had recently lost her little
daughter of the same disease, and she
was attended by q physician. This
same physician claimed there was no
danger and the child very suddenly
died. She felt that possibly If she had
tried Christian Science her child would
have been saved.
In the history of this science It has
not lost one patient where msteria
medica loses Thousand. 1t does not
| need the writer to defend it, as it is
undantly able to take care of itself;
but Christian Scientists are neither
l''murderers" nor "crimiuals,'' neither
are they 'fakirs." One is liza BILE to lose
| q case in Science through lack of un-
Outstanding or some unforeseen cause,
| the same as in medical science, but it Is
| not the fault of the science, A medical
doctor who loses a patient is just as
much q "criminal'' and murderer"
as Christian Scientist. the only diff
ference being one is licensed" and the
other is not. At the World 3 Congress
of Religions at the time of the Worlds
had up to that time been
over q million people healed by
Christian Science, large per cent of
them being cases the medical doctors
said were incurable. The writer hap
pens to be one Of those same ''hope-
less" cases, as DR.. Gallagher himself
can testify. Christian Science came to
the rescue after fortune bad been
spent on climate and medicines. and
was grssped at as absolutely the last
thing to be done.
Many of our greatest and deepest
thinkers ia the land are adherents of
this faith, including doctors, lawyers,
judges, ministers, and noted men of
every profession, aud not q lot of silly
women and brainless men, as some
would have US think, 1t is no "fske"
they are NOT frauds" The best and
most thoroughly Christian men and
| women the writer has ever met are
Christian Scientists; noble men and
| women who are giving their time and
lives for the cause OF humanity. 1t Is
the truth pure and simple as Christ
| taught it. Is any one will find If they
| will read Science and Health by Mrs.
Eddy, with an unprecedented mind.
There are fanatics and over.zealous
people in every line of thought, who
seem for q time to do much harm.
Materia medica has its quacks who kill
people by the thousand every year, yet
| nothing Is said about that. There are
many in Ell Paso who can testify as to
the benefits of Christian Science, the
hatred and prejudice of many notwith-
standing. There is nothing whatever
psrtaking of ''witchcraft, "or "lunacy,"
or ''qusckery" in it, and these state.
wise all progressive people to investi-
gate Christian Science thoroughly and
with an un biased mind before condemn
ing what they know nothing about.
SCIENTIST