The standpoint from which Christian Science has been most vigorously and persistently assailed is that which denies its efficacy as a system of healing, therefore its position in this regard must find justification through its success. A marked peculiarity of human nature is shown in the fact that criticism has continued despite the testimony of the ever-increasing army of those who affirm that Christian Science has healed them after all other means had failed, that it has done for them what medicine and surgery had failed to do.
There is scarcely a city or village in this country that is not the home of some one who has been healed by Christian Science, or of some one who has personal knowledge of such healing. It is through the testimony of these grateful men and women who owe their life and health to the practice of this Science that its claims must be established in the eyes of the world, but in view of the amount and character of the evidence already submitted it would seem that much patience on our part is still required.
Some of our critics have denied the value of the testimony offered in our meetings and through Our publications, because it has not been surrounded by the sanctity of an oath, and because the witnesses have not been subjected to cross-examination. Others have complained that the persons testifying are unknown to them, and still others disparage the testimony because the cases were not diagnosed by physicians.
