The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-13

This Is our business not yours; IL we
can't save them let them perish but we
won't let you save them," And science
replies; "Their blood be upon you and
your chlldrenl"
In spite Of ils many redeemlng vir-
| tues and It's many noble men and
women too good for such creed pro-
nounee Christian Science unchristian
and unscientlfc. II Is too cruel to be re-
| lIgious too absurd to he scientific, too
ldIotlc to he rational, and in the name
Of It's silent victims snatched from low
/ Ing arms that could have saved them,
| / pronounce Christian Science Grim
| inal superstition.
The best apology can make for II
Is It's a religious mania. Catholicism
has taught and practIced faith healing
| for centuries logically consistent with
Christian teaching but 1t remained for
| Christian Science to win the unenvi-
able distinction and unique odIum Of
clipping the healing wings of medical
science and excluding from the temple
and the sick chamber Of suffering hui
mainly the Good Samaritans of all
ages.
A mania? In charity | say, "Yes!" |
would as soon deny my child food
when hungry as medicine when sick
would as soon deny him clothing when
cold; rest when weary, sympathy when
heart broken or shelter from the
stormy blast. Christian love says,
Throw out the life line!" Christian
Science with nlnty lips cries, mo! let
the shipwrecked mariner sink"
reply to my deluded critic, Rose
mary Anderson, Sister, one step fur
Their in the pous ignorance that
strangles It's own virtues and Stays Its
own innocents, One step further In
your morbid zeal and you find yourself
standing with Holy Rollers at the
bloody altar of human sacrifice where
even mothers love Is turned into
dragons blood as she devotes her child
to the tender mercies of an incarnated
demon! Is that the end of your fanatic
frenzy? No: one step further and you
are planting evergreens upon the Sill
ent graves Of martyred innocence TO
commemorate loves assassination by a
mothers hands. Is that the climax?
No; the climax Is on the other side of
that grave where loves tragedies stand
revealed In the light of another world
and the cry of innocent blood awakes
sleeping justice with his sword of final
and eternal vengenL..
As for the expert witness YOU put
upon the stand. there are thousands of
such Witnesses doctors merchants,
, lawyers and even ministers who give
such testimonies with their photo
graphs and signatures to any fraud
ulent enterprise on earth; but the one
you put up seems to me to be the
worst one you could select. He may
have a conscience or he may not, but
he certainly has gall To make his
testimony a marvellous advertisement
in the market he claims Christian Sci
ence cured him OF the worst and most
contagious u all diseases-leprosy
And vet from that same inspired tesri,
mony as published in The Journal
Courier and your own organ tho Sen
tinel we learn that while he knew he
was afflicted with contagious disease
he received and visited patients ano
friends long before he consulted Chris.
! tian Science. Now | don't think .
man with gall Of that size would
blush at n white lie or n black one
Take that man down II YOU have any
respect for intelligent people and pu
up an honest man who will dare to tel
; the truth and shame tho invisible de
, mon that lies concealed In the sanity
costume Of lie.
Yours for True Religion,
JOSEPH HALL
; Exchange Street