The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
An Oniclal Exposition Of It's Legls-
Iatiye Wants.


differ so widely that | feel sure you will
| be glad to give space to reply to tho
article entitled THE Christian Science
! Amendment to the Health Law" pub
lished on April /. even though you may
not be willing to admit the soundness OF
| It's claims
In 1907 the M cal interests OF the
state got together. drew up a bill to
regulate the practice Of medicine. and
| introduced 1t into the Legislature. The
bill was SO sweepingly restrictive In It's
| provisions that 1t aroused considerable
opposit on. particularly among the Chris
| tian Scientists When the bill came UP
for hearing the opposition OF the
Scientists was so strong that all hope OF
passing It In its original form was
| abandoned.
A conference was consequently ar
ranged between representatives, OF the
medical interests and OF the Christian
! Scientists. Although the latter asked
| for "A specific exemption. the wording
| finally adopted was that nothing In the
act should be construed TO aft ct the
practice OF the religious tenets OF any
! church" II was understood by all. the
| legislators included, that the foregoing
| clause was inserted expressly as n saw
ing clause for the practice OF Christian
| Science.
! As soon as the bill had been passed
| and signed representative OF the medi-
! cal interests Is quoted as having said
| that one had be,n put over on the
/ Christian Scientists In other words
/ he believed the medical interests mad
| succeeded in having "A clause inserted IN
/ the bill that would not stand the test
/ of the courts. In order TO prove II
| several law abiding citizens, Christian
/ Science practitioners, we're arrested on
| the charge that they were practising
/ medicine without a license. The saving
| clause. 1t was claimed. would not pro-
| tect them one Of these cases has been
! in the courts continuously since 1911
! In 1914 bill intended TO give Chris
! tan Scientists the consideration which
/ the Legislature OF 1907 Intended they
/ should have was passed by both
branches, but vetoed by the Governor
| for reasons best known to him. but not
made plain in his veto message Still
| believing that they We're entitled to a
saving clause. the Christian scientists
caused the Thorn bill TO be introduced
! I'm the 1915 Legislature This iii pro-
vldes that nothing IN the medical prac-
l 'ice act shall be construed to affect
",hn nrac,ice o. chr stian Science for
the relief OF the ~ X or suffering. pro-
ylded that no drugs or other material
remedies are employed. and provided
. further that no quarantine or sanitary
. regulations are violat d"
Now II there were any analogy be-
tween Christian Science and the prac-
tlce OF medicine. Christian Scientists
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treatment
why contend 'hH' an "no profess "
relleN" human suffering shou'u "r 'o'n
PEELED by Jaw 10 summit 70 ihrh'r'I teEu
] Iaion' why contend 'hht W''I''h'
offers the only way ny ~rl'h one can
ma relief when history SHOWS tnat tHe
man who practsed the only lhid'.'nr"
system OF healing known TO mankind
employed no medicine Furthermore
| Christ Jesus taught others to neal by
the same method ilhoon records mat
for 300 years Christian healing Continued
and that the art then seems l. have
/ been lost
Christian healing was certainly 'hsed
on a demonstrate prin. iple. and II Was
It's divine principle which Mrs Eddy
claims to have discovered and explained
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