Article July 30, 1927 Issue

In the twenty-fourth chapter of the Acts, it is related...

Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,—San Diego

Independent

In the twenty-fourth chapter of the Acts, it is related that Paul was brought before Felix charged, among other things, with being "a pestilent fellow." Although he may have seemed "pestilent" to those who disagreed with him, and may even have seemed rabid and fanatic to his opponents, he was a welcome visitor among those followers of Christ Jesus who were trying earnestly to live according to the same standards. I wonder if the daughter quoted in the doctor's article is annoyed at the grandmother because of the latter's effort to live up to the standard set by Christ Jesus, the example so earnestly followed by loyal Christian Scientists. Might not this inference readily be drawn from the hostility towards Christian Science shown by the daughter? Of course, Christian Science is quite the opposite of "foolishness" to those who have been healed of sickness and sin through its ministrations. If the contributor quoted by the doctor in your recent issue will refer to the dictionary, he will find that one of the primary meanings of the word "science" is "knowledge, as of principles or facts." Christian Science qualifies as "science" under this definition, because it is the exact knowledge of the Principle underlying Christianity as taught by Christ Jesus, and because by it the rules of healing laid down by Christ Jesus and successfully practiced by the early Christians may again be demonstrated.

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 444) Mrs. Eddy says, "Students are advised by the author to be charitable and kind, not only towards differing forms of religion and medicine, but to those who hold these differing opinions." Might not the opponents of Christian Science also give earnest heed to these words?

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