CHAPTER XVII
ANSWERS TO CRITICISMS
[Letter to the New York Commercial Advertiser]
Christian Science and the Church
OVER the signature “A Priest of the Church,” somebody, kindly referring to my address to First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Concord, N. H., writes: “If they [Christian Scientists] have any truth to reveal which has not been revealed by the church or the Bible, let them make it known to the world, before they claim the allegiance of mankind.”
I submit that Christian Science has been widely made known to the world, and that it contains the entire truth of the Scriptures, as also whatever portions of truth may be found in creeds. In addition to this, Christian Science presents the demonstrable divine Principle and rules of the Bible, hitherto undiscovered in the translations of the Bible and lacking in the creeds.
Therefore I query: Do Christians, who believe in sin, and especially those who claim to pardon sin, believe that God is good, and that God is All? Christian Scientists firmly subscribe to this statement; yea, they understand it and the law governing it, namely, that God, the divine Principle of Christian Science, is
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