In the papers of that city we find reports of the Sunday talks there by Mrs. J. C. Woodbury.
Ought a Christian to be sick? This was her topic June 3, at the Art Students' Clubrooms. Christian Science is allied to Christianity, she said; and if through the influence of Jesus his followers may resist temptation to sin, then it is going only a step further to overcome disease, which is the effect of sin. Some people see Jesus only as the carpenter's son. Others behold the spiritual in him, and understand what he means by saying: "Take no thought for the morrow." These last, "dwelling in the secret place of the Most High," have the promise of complete protection, as declares the Ninety-first Psalm; and Christianity promises immunity from sickness, not less than it provides against sin. Christ could walk on the waves and still the tempest; but while his followers are not able to do this, they ought to have no fear of the effects of the weather.
Jesus is the embodiment of that Spirit which gives Life and not death. Mrs. Eddy adopts this view of the Author of Christianity. "Call no man Father on the earth," means, that we need not be bound by heredity to sickness and sin; for, in a spiritual sense, God is our Father, and from Him we inherit health and goodness. Christian Science is not antagonistic to Christianity.
