Prof. Theodore F. Seward, the Founder of the Brotherhood of Christian Unity, and author of the widely-read book "The School of Life," writes thus of Christian Science:
"The human race is passing from the condition of childhood and adolescence into the stage of early manhood. It is therefore losing the illusions of youth, and is seeking realities. The truth is dawning upon human consciousness that the spiritual is the only real. Science is adding its testimony by saying that when we reach the atom we do not find matter, but only a 'point of force,' or a 'centre of force.' I understand Christian Scientists to be engaged in an earnest investigation of this truth and an effort to apply it in all the ways of life. They distinctly disclaim that their aim is only to heal the body. This is but an incidental result of accepting the truth that God is Infinite, Omniscient and Omnipresent. They ask the question, 'If God is Infinite and Omnipresent, how can there be room for disease?'
"This question cannot be dimissed with a sneer. I honor Christian Scientists as pioneers and investigators in a most important field. Their protest against the gross materialism of the present day is needed. As to the gift of healing I see no evidence in the Bible that it ceased with Christ and the apostles, but much to the contrary. I have observed that those who become interested in Christian Science take up the study of the Scriptures with new zeal and enthusiasm, and that Religion with them is a reality and not a form."
