Alma record., 1916-06-01
COMMUNICATION
Detroit, Mich, May 25, 1916
n, The Record,

Editor, The Record,
Alma, Mich.
Dear Sir:-
Recent public utterances from a
pulpit in your city by Rev. Brown
low on the subject of Christian
Science prompts request for space
in your paper in justice to the Chris
tian Scientists of Alma, that some of
the points touched on by the gentle
man may be made clear.
IL may be observed that the re-
marks Of the Reverand critic have a
familiar ring,-very familiar, indeed.
In fact, as a whole, the gentleman's
attack is complete replica of simil-
ar attacks which have been made on
Christian Science and its founder
Mary Baker Eddy, throughout the last
half century, the while Christian
Science has proceeded steadily on its
way defusing its messages of love and
healing thousands upon thousands of
people throughout the world II may
be interesting to your readers to
know that no religious movement has
ever been the object of misrepresen-
tation and villifcation TO the extent
that Christian Science has and no
other religious movement has ever ex-
perienced the marvellous growth that
has attended Christian Science
Reference is made TO this latter fact
merely as an indication of the awe"
in which Christian Science stand of
these periodical attacks. The misre-
presentation of our critic might tenn
porarily deceive those who have never
looked into Christian Science or who
have never experienced its beneficial
ministrations, but TO those who have
felt its loving and feeling touch and
who have taken the time TO honestly
investigate its teachings such an ex-
ample Of religious intolerance amounts
TO little. Just why the Reverend cri-
tic deems il necessary 10 warn his
flock of the dangers of religion such
as he has described is somewhat of
puzzle for it should be perfectly
clear that no one clothed in reason
| able degree of common sense could
be misled by any such teachings as
the critic has attributed to Christian
Science
The critic has taken much time in
an endeavor to minimize the healing
of disease through the application of
Christian Science. Aside from the
question as TO whether or not Chris
tian Science heals, study of the
Bible, and especially the New Testi-
ment, will reveal unmistakably the
duty of everyone of us in this par
ticular. 1t is very clear that Jesus
healed the sick metaphysically and if
is just as clear that these examples of
healing given 10 the world by Jesus
were for the guidance of all mankind
and that it is not only the privilege
but the duty of us all to so acquaint
ourselves with God and Gods laws as
to be able TO follow the Master in the
way of his directing and TO heal the
sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lep-
pers, cast out demons Mathew
10,-Sl. Therefore, it is observed that
regardless of whether or not Christian
Science is healing the sick, our rev.
erend critic has sadly missed the les
son of Jesus life work if he Is not en-
deavofing to heal the sick and the
sinful as Jesus directed we should.
The evidence and the testimony of
those who have been healed through
the ministrations of Christian Science
are probably a safer guide in this
particular than the word of one who,
instead of endeavoring to follow the
Master in the way of his appointing,
so far forgets his Christian duty as to
misrepresent and malign the convic-
tions OF those who are endeavoring to
follow the humble Nazarene i'm the
way they believe proper Thousands
upon thousands of intelligent men and
women are daily relying upon God as
their sole physician through the teach
ing Of Christian Science, and the dis
eases which have been thus healed
comprise almost everything known TO
human experience, large majority
Of which diseases having been healed
after all other known methods have
failed and the patient has been given
up 20 die or as incurable
As to whether Christian Science is
Christianly or "Christ-like" depends
solely upon its strict adherence to the
teachings and examples OF the Master,
and Christian Scientists maintain
that at every point its teachings are
not only in accord with those Of Jesus
of Nazareth but that it proves them
to be so in accord with his teachings
in its healing of the sick and the sin
ful in the manner Jesus healed them
There has probably been no agency
since the time of Jesus which has so
potently operated against sin and sin
full conditions and thoughts as has
Christian Science, and the assertion !
by the gentleman that Christian Sci |
ence ignores sin could find birth only |
in the most object ignorance of its
teachings. Christian Science teaches
that sin is not of God and that only |
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