The San Francisco call., 1909-09-28
MINISTER ATTACKS
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Rev. Charles R. Brown Says
Mrs. Eddy's System Of Heal
ing Is Colossal Humbug''

OAKLAND, Sept. 27.-In the third of
igion, Rev. Charles r. Brown, at the
FIRST Congrega tional church last night.
made severe attack upon Christian
Science, declaring that as system it
IS colossal humbug. The attack is
of particular interest from the fact
that Rev. Mr.. Brown states that he
to9k course at and was gradua ed
from one of the Christian Science
schools. In prefacing his lecture Doc
tor Brown said:
it ought to be said that Christian Science has
laheh lot or complaining, self -ptying people
and by inducing them to stop talking about their
MS and 10 stop thinking about them has made
inem more acceptable members of society liz
mas cured limited number of functional
troubles such as nervous headache, Indigestion
hysteria, tendencies to epiIepsy-I have never
heard of it curing case of organic disease where
the fact of the disease was established by com
established. =
INTERESTS CERTAIN PEOPLE
3 1t has interested certain people. formerly
spiritually lstless, In religion: it has set them
reading their bibles. thinking and talking about
90, STRIVING TO bring TO bear upon their troubles
me unseen forces And it ought to be said that
Christian Scientists are. within the somewhat
narrow scheme OF life they pursue, good people
upright law abiding, peaeeable and kindly They
are not generous in charity for they do not be-
lieve there is any such thing as poverty They
are not Interested in civic reform for they be-
ueiusion of mortal mind. But in narrower
personal morality they are good people
With this introduction Rev. Mr..
Brown continued:
But having said this I wish TO say as a grad
nate a.. or one OF their schools and as result of
e years study of the movement that Christian
science as a system is colossal iumbug IT
poses as the only true religion of Christ and yet
It's book states that il was discovered and re-
fundamental principles of all scientific procedure
IT refuses all proper diagnosis, treating all kinds
OF disease in the same way. which is manifestIy
aosurd IT teaches people to give heed to
sanitary and hygienc measures to the other
laws OF health, the value off which has been
demonstrated by experience. Ii asserts that
even the most malignant and contagious diseases
are. quoting its own words mere illusions of
mortal mind and dream shadows and handles
them In way which makes il a menace TO the
heaIth of the community.
DRUGGING THE MIND
Tt also dwarfs and twists the mental life Of
Whole generation of young children by teach
Ing them the contradictions of Science and
the whole intellectual movement Of the day
Drugging the brain with whisky or morphia Civ
Ing false feeling of strength or OF peace
works at last certain direful result And drug
ging the mind with false statements aud false
stimulus works out different but an equally
lamentable result.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good
DO not swallow things whole merely because they
some new scheme of life because il has one or
two attractive points. In this movement for
mental and spiritual healing there is core of
truth without taking leave of your sense or
wheat from the chan and use that for physical
soundness and spiritual growth.