CHAPTER XI
SOME OBJECTIONS ANSWERED
And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you
convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? — Jesus.
But if the spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His spirit that dwelleth in you. — Paul.
THE strictures on this volume would condemn to
oblivion the truth, which is raising up thousands
from helplessness to strength and elevating them from
a theoretical to a practical Christianity. These criticisms
are generally based on detached sentences or clauses
separated from their context. Even the Scriptures, which
grow in beauty and consistency from one grand root,
appear contradictory when subjected to such usage. Jesus
said, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see
God” [Truth].
In Christian Science mere opinion is valueless. Proof is essential to a due estimate of this subject. Sneers at Supported by facts the application of the word Science to Christianity cannot prevent that from being scientific which is based on divine Principle, demonstrated according to a divine given rule, and subjected to proof. The facts are so absolute and numerous in support of Christian Science, that misrepresentation and denuncia-
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