A Logical Conclusion by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 3, 1911

A Logical Conclusion.

By Editor

Mr. Frank W. Gale, Christian Science Doctor, of San Francisco, whom we quoted in our last, objects to our conclusion that Christian Scientists will become Spiritualists, or will expect to be influenced by Mrs. Eddy's spirit. He declares that "Science and Health" (p. 74: 29-32) teaches otherwise, that "the so-called dead and living can not commune together, for they are in separate states of existence, or consciousness." "So," Mr. Gale declares, "no Christian Scientist believes that such a thing is possible, or expects it." Granted. But they hold first the basis of Spiritualism, the immortality and continued consciousness of the soul or spirit in another sphere. It is an easy step to believe that the gulf may be bridged. Angels of God minister to men and women, and angels are in another sphere. And the devil, whose existence as a personality Mr. Gale does not believe, has deceived millions who neither believed nor expected to be, nor did they believe it to be a deception after they were deceived. To us it is, in the light of Scripture, a logical conclusion that Christian Scientists will be deceived.