The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-20
Voice Of the People
"LettIno aabiea ple.w

leSSlnQ 6a0leo Die"
To the Editor of The Gate City:
| In your issue of December 10th,
find an article under caption: Let
ting Babies Die" In which it is stated
that the Journal of the American Med
ical association does not take kindly
to the remarks In the Christian Sci
ence Monitor, regarding the action OF
the physician who let . deformed baby
die when an operation might have
saved its life
The erroneous assumption upon the
part Of this medical editor that the
action Of the Chicago physician was
analogous to the methods In Christian
Science treatment. betrays consider
able ignorance OF Christian Science.
He questions: what would the fol-
lowers Of Mrs Eddy do In such case?
Logically, the followers OF this cult
would have done just what happens to
have been done by the physician in
charge nothing"
He states further: We assume. nat
lurally. that even the most rabid of
that sect would hardly claim that
thought waves. either long or short
range, would remedy q congenitai
deformity."
We have repeated instances in the
Bible OF the healing OF congenital de-
formity and impairment through the
power OF God as understood and prac-
lticed by Jesus Christ and His dis
.ciples, OF which viii cite two In
stances: that OF the man blind from
birth whom Jesus healed. and OF the
other man lame from his birth who
sat daily at the Beautiful Gate Of the
temple, and who was healed through
the understa nding OF iYod's presence
and power possessed by Peter and
John the Sdisciples. There are re
peated instances which are thorough
ly we'll verified In Christian Science
practice, where so-called congenital
defeats have been healed.
The inference that Christian Sci
ence practitioners are doing nothing"
when they are engaged in prayer for
q sick person. and are mentally de-
claring the truth Of being in contra
distinction to that which the human
sense presents. Ia mere assumption
based upon ignorance of the modus
operandi Of q Christian Science treat
ment.
In this connection Mrs. Eddy states,
Science and Health with Key to Scrip
lures. page 21O: Knowing that soul
and its attributes were forever mani
tested through man. the Master healed
the sick, gave sight to the blind. hear
ing to the deaf. feet to the lame. thus
bringing to light the scientific action
OF the divine mind on human minds
and bodies and giving 4 better I'M
Outstanding OF soul and salvation.
Jesus healed sickness and sin by one
and the same metaphysical process"
Jesus not only healed sickness 40
above Indicated. but He said: And
these signs shall follow them that be-
lfeve." Christian Scientists have
found these promises to be true and
veritable and they rejoice IN the fact
that christian healing IL again preach
ed and practiced through Christian
Science. and that hundreds OF thous-
ands Of PEOPLE have been immeasur-
ably benefited because Of its benz
fcient teachings. II will thus be seen
that the healing ministry Of Christian
Science is not neglect. Neither does
1t ignore the need for help, but on the
contrary. It's mission IS to regenerate.
save and heal mankind in the best pos
sibls way; that which was taught and
practIced by Jesus Christ and His
Respectfully.
JOHN L. Kendall.
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 16. 1915.