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TO THE POINT

From the November 1896 issue of The Christian Science Journal

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SO they are going to prosecute and probably jail, those Christian Science people who say the ills of the flesh and the bone can be cured through the agency of prayer! "Why," said a clergyman to me, over the breakfast table this morning, "these people are imposters; they should be jailed, and kept away from the rest of the world for all eternity."

"Can't they cure by prayers?" I asked.

"Bosh, Clara, bosh! I am astounded to hear you talk that way. The next time you have neuralgia in that jaw of yours, Clara, go out on the back steps, and pray, and see if prayer will stop the ache."

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