Christian Science: As a Religious Belief and a Therapeutic Agent . idence that it seems to me tocall for special notice. PREFACE xi On the other hand, many orthodox church-men and physicians who have been forced totake cognizance of Christian Science becauseof its amazing growth, have settled on acompromise platform and are carrying on thewarfare from this vantage-ground. The four chapters which constitute thisvolume deal with the three phases of Chris-tian Science teaching and practice in whichthe general public is most deeply interested:(i) Its religious precepts as reflecting or car-rying f
Christian Science: As a Religious Belief and a Therapeutic Agent . idence that it seems to me tocall for special notice. PREFACE xi On the other hand, many orthodox church-men and physicians who have been forced totake cognizance of Christian Science becauseof its amazing growth, have settled on acompromise platform and are carrying on thewarfare from this vantage-ground. The four chapters which constitute thisvolume deal with the three phases of Chris-tian Science teaching and practice in whichthe general public is most deeply interested:(i) Its religious precepts as reflecting or car-rying forward the teaching of the Founder ofChristianity; (2) the influence of its teachingson the lives of its adherents; (3) ChristianScience as a therapeutic agent, especially inreference to the cure of organic disease. It has been my earnest desire to presentthese vital aspects of the subject in as fair,accurate and just a manner as possible, be-lieving that such presentation will appeal toserious-minded people and serve the ends oftruth. B. 0. Flower. INTRODUCTION. HAT we in America are living inthe presence of one of the mostremarkable spiritual movementsknown to history will not be questioned by any thoughtful person who iscognizant of current events, where a new re-ligious movement that a few years ago wasas the voice of one crying in the wilderness,heeded by few, has become a great moral andreligious factor in the nation and the world. Fifteen years ago Christian Science had nochurch building; today there are hundredsof handsome church edifices, besides themagnificent temple in Boston, which costtwo million dollars to erect; while thespread of the faith among the people andits wonderful influence in bringing health,peace and happiness while kindling anewspiritual idealism in tens of thousands ofhearts, speak§. of the presence of a truthvital to help in a world hungering and thirst-ing for something better than the husks of xiii INTRODUCTION dogmatic and creedal theology and
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