A paper prepared by request, to be read before one of the leading literary and study clubs of New York City, a former homoeopathic practitioner of over twelve years medical practice and experience.
Gentlemen:—In coming before you to-night, I represent one of those who have not been carried away by every "wind of doctrine," nor misled by "an error of the human mind." Neither was I forced or coaxed into what I now know to be the Truth; but I stand here to give my testimony for what I am convinced to be the teaching of Jesus Christ in regard to the salvation of mankind, and especially in reference to what is termed the "medical aspect of Christian Science." Medicine is a remedial agent. It has been the effort of mankind for thousands of years to discover the specific remedy for all human ills. We have that remedy and want all to share it with us, because it is for all. It is the Elixir of Life, searched for for ages. Heretofore, the search has been in the wrong direction; but mankind has finally been turned towards the Light, and the Light responds with light.
In Christian Science, healing and salvation are one and the same. Theology and materia medica have endeavored to separate them, and in the attempt are fulfilling the Scripture, "They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture." I say, fulfilling the Scriptures now, just as sensibly as did the soldiers at the foot of the cross. The garments of Christ, Truth, are no more to be divided to-day than they were nineteen hundred years ago. The result of endeavoring to do so has plunged mankind deeper and deeper in the darkness of materialism. When we attempt to separate healing and salvation, we are dividing the garment, and, sooner or later, we must restore it in all its beauty and symmetry.
