To the Editor of the Boston Journal.
Sir:—In the article entitled, "Hypnotism as it is Used in Medicine." published in your issue of the 9th inst., referring to Doctor Quackenbos's comments, it is stated: "The author takes occasion in his chapter on auto-suggestion to oppose the claims of Christian Science healers, while at the same time he admits the efficacy of the so-called science in many cases."
The opinion seems to be quite prevalent that Christian Science is simply a system of curing physical ailments, while to the Christian Scientist this is the very smallest part of its mission. The exalted purpose of Christian Science is to make the world better morally and spiritually, to inculcate into the minds of its students higher ideals and the earnest desire to be better themselves, and to make others better—with the understanding that it is possible to so regenerate mankind as to abolish suffering and discord.
