Clergyman. I am told that you deny that God sends sickness and death.
Christian Scientist. I certainly deny it. My reverence for God is too great to allow me to believe that He sends either sickness or death to His children. That theory is in direct contradiction with the teachings of the Bible. The Saviour recognized the fact that sickness as well as sin had its origin in evil when he said (Luke xiii. 16): "This woman whom Satan hath bound, lo these eighteen years." Paul also testifies to the same fact (II Corinthians xii. 7): "There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me." The fact that the Master healed the sick is proof that God did not cause the sickness. If He did, then they were sick according to God's law, and Jesus violated that law in healing them. This you dare not assert.
Clergyman. Well, I admit that the Bible seems to support your theory in regard to sickness; but you must certainly acknowledge that God removes people by death.
