Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IDEA
Mr.. Paine Offers Correction Of Or.
Browns Statement


LOS ANGELES. Jan. 1S.-IEditor T..
A. Herald:l The Herald Of January 10
contained an address by Dr. w. T..
Brown. delivered before the Methodist
Minister'S Association, I'm which he con-
meets Christian Science with suggestion,
giving q decidedly Incorrect impression
Of this science, therefore, trust you
will kindly permit me to make coz
rection through your valuable paper.
From the tenor OF the doctors dis
course It is quite evident that he is
honest In his belief that Christian
Science is a phase of suggestion, an
error entertained by many who are not
thoroughly conversant with this sub
iect. The doctor has, no doubt, believ-
ing the one to be a phase of the other,
made a much deeper study of sugges-
tion than Of Christian Science, hence
his great mistake Christian Science
has no relation or connection with sug
gestion as usually understood and
taught. Any definition of suggestion
made broad enough to include Christian
Science would take i'm the whole Of
Christianity as taught by Jesus Christ,
which would be an impossibility, for
materialty can never include spiritual
ity.
The various mental phenomena the
doctor mentions are manifestations OF
the human, mortal mind, which are
subjects of much conjecture, and yet
not we'll understood. They have no
relation whatever to Christian Science
the one being human the other divine.
The subjective and objective mentali-
ties, upon which the suggestionist pred
icates so much. do not, to any degree,
enter into the study or practice of Chris
tian Science The doctor says Christian
Science is the most potent of all the
metaphysical systems Of healing Why
is this? Because Christian Science heal
ing is a manifestation of divine Mind,
while that of suggestion and kindred
systems, according to the claim of their
supporters, is the result of one mortal,
"carnal" mind influencing or acting
upon another.
Christian Science can be employed for
the purpose of doing good only. while
the most ardent exponents of other sys-
TENS willingly admit that the sugges-
tive influence may be evil or good with
a corresponding result.
Speaking of Christian Science. the
doctor said: when you take and strip
it you come to the one proposition
that matter does not exist. 1t means
that when 1 look at you you are not
here Do you know what he meant?
Does any one know? 1 am sure 1 do
not. If he intended to emphasize the
fact that this material, mortal body IS
not the true or real man, that the real
man is not mortal but spiritual, the i'm
age and likeness of God, and not to
be discerned by this mortal vision, then
he voiced the truth of Being which reit-
crates the Scriptural teaching that God
created man in His own image and like
ness.
The doctor advises the clergymen to
read up on this subject and be able
to combat it. If the system he advo-
Gated to them is good and doing good
why combat it? If it is evil or suscep-
tible of doing evil why advocate it? We
all have sufficient evil to meet now
without propagating system. Why
not study, investigate and adhere to
that system which is founded on divine
love, and can do no evil, nothing but
good.
To the clergymen and all mankind
we will say, do not be afraid to study
Christian Science which is founded on
the teachings of the same old Bible
that every Christian reveres, and the
same God we all worship. 1t can do
only good, never harm. 1t teaches love
to God and love to all mankind.
A. WILLIS PAINE.