The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-20
cHRIsrIAN SCIENCE RRPLIEs.
History Asked 10 Tell What Medicine Ha,
Done. ANYWAY.

To 11E EpIToR OF TIE SuN-Sir. nr,
Samuel Kohn has recently published several
letters criticlsing Christian Scientists because
they have more faith In ChristiIn Science
than In drugs, and now DR.. Cla ude Lamont
Wheeler writes a letter In which he ~critlci.es
DR., Kohn for tre4tinG the Christian Scientist.
with too much courtesy. From what source.
II may be inquired. do these doctors derry.
the right % abuse and denounce a class "
citizens who merely do not wish to employ
them? wat would be thought Of a lawyer
II he went - a business man and said: You
do not know enough /, manage your business.
The lawyer you employ Is incompetent. b.
ca use he did not graduste from my school
You should permit me Il designate a lawyer
to manage your Hfs irs." Would such gra-
tuitous advice not be tsinted with the sus-
picion that the man himself was looking for
a job
Why are some doctors 80 solicitous about
the welfare Of Christian Scientists even to the
point Of being willing 10 compel them N
employ doctors Of their own pa rticullr school,
is their sollcitude altogether altruistin? Chris
t. advise them. They do not feel in any par.
ticular need of such advice. Most Of them
turned T. Christian Science after failing t,
get benefit from the doctors. Having thu,
tried both. II they are better satisfied with
the result. ot Christian Science tre1tment It
20 try by persecution or abuse n compel them
to return. u the druRRinR system.
pr, kohn sSys that modern medicine re-,
It's praise t. suffering hGman nifty That ' nav
be true Of modern medicine, hut II i. not
sltoset ~ ht true &c OF modem nr5n, m nn GIN, doctor
count and not only trumpet the praise" of
their own particulsr method OF treanng
abuse people who wish t. try some other
method. In all such cases II Is usually Oh.
s sSrIt mt t9ft itf tffe' sign g KS sheiT a. fu Wb0 na 1eSd pit
be advised as 10 just who it Is that Is able t.
administer this Superior treatment By this
tisement that otherwise, might not be per.
mltted ny the ethics Of their, profession. Far
be II from nj me st 70 rs s y, ssm, i that NV such tbs Is thei,
Christian Scientists never GO into print
these saeeeS doctors rTp and others ! would refrain from
hostile criticism there would be far less 10
s ~. PftB Bsrs g dpDStot thf bs sve' fstep Il Re any iGit fSsnt;
In attacking Christian Scientists it seems like
the last degree Of arrogance for them to accuse
because they reply to such attacks.
All Christian Science asks ls TO be Judged
by its results. After four thousand years
years under so-called Christian preaching,
the adherents OF these systems cannot point
no @s Se g fis eTsdio ga eaf from ssn hum nSs ex peri Pet-
The sum OF human woe has not been lessened
There Is as much suffering and there are "a
practice Of medicine show that the number
OF diseases has greatly increased In the last
hve hundred years. In spite OF boosted i'm
provement in the healing art.
II H. also apparent that in every country
dogma and creed. Under these circumstances
is II not time to seek for a religion that will
both regenerate the sinner and heal the sick
as Jesus commanded? II Christian Science
lie able TO illumine the Scriptures so that
these results may he accomplished, why
should any one oppose ~
II Christian Science proves its right TO be
called Christian by doing the things practised
and commanded by Jesus, why not leave II
alone and let IL work out it's destiny in the
life and character OF its adherents?
V. q. STRIcBLER,
New YORK. June 10.