ABSTRACT

Christian Science practice is the application of its philosophy and theology to bodily healing. Almost anyone who has had a practical observation of the working of Christian Science has knowledge enough not only of looseness and inconsistency but of what seems to the non-Christian Science mind positive untruth. Mrs. Eddy's constant emphasis upon this explains the excessive separatist nature of Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy concludes her chapter on Christian Science Practice with an allegory which she calls a mental court case, the suggestion of which is to be found in one of the Quimby manuscripts. She recognizes the limits of Christian Science practice when she advises her followers to leave surgery and the adjustment of broken bones and dislocations to the fingers of a surgeon until the advancing age admits the efficacy and supremacy of mind. Now Christian Science is one of the most strongly drawn psycho-therapeutic agencies ever offered.