Eddy declared "it is impossible for a boil to be
painful"; Op Cit, p. 213). While Elisha gave
treatment to Naaman, and medicated bad water
at Jericho to make it wholesome (II Kings
V.3.20 ) . How then could Jesus have ' ' scorned ' '
or been hostile to the use of such medical agen-
cies? Had he been definitely opposed to the use
of drugs, had he intended to set himself in op-
position to their use, he would surely have made
his position clear, seeing that for centuries the
use of drugs had been well established in Israel.
Nay more, had Jesus entertained the theory of
drugs which Mrs. Eddy ascribed to him, there
can be no doubt that he would have made his
position clear to the people accustomed to the
use of drags and familiar with their efficacy.
So far did Mrs. Eddy go in her attempted iden-
tification of Jesus ' healing method with her own
as to declare (on pages 26 and 473 of Science
and Health) that "Jesus proved it is Christian
Science that destroys sickness, sin and death."
But where shall we find even a single verse or
clause to substantiate this astounding claim ?
Nor is Mrs. Eddy alone in seeking the endorse-
ment of Jesus for her views. Many of her com-

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petitors in the field of drugless healing have
sought the self-same warrant for their respec-
tive modes of healing. All alike have pointed
to Jesus as furnishing the proof that their
method and not any other cures disease.
