In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

In a recent issue, commenting upon my statement concerning the diagnosis of disease, you say; "Inasmuch as mental causation is recognized by all practitioners to have more or less to do with physical conditions, the conclusion seems justified that Christian Science is in process of modification so far as some of its claims are concerned.
It cannot be legitimately asserted by our critic that Christian Science "exalts scientific speculation above scientific knowledge," simply because Mrs.
Our critic complains that because Mr.
When it can be established beyond question that medical aid always effects a cure, and is never known to have a failure, and upon this exclusive basis is entitled to a monopoly of the healing art; when it can be demonstrated that nothing but medical method does or can heal, then, and not until then, will there be even the semblance of an excuse for the intense opposition encountered by Christian Scientists in their efforts to help their fellow-man.
English doctors did a wise thing the other day when they took the public into their confidence.
Dr.
Your reviewer may well wonder, as I fancy your readers will do, why, if Christian Science is based on such sandy foundations, it has been considered necessary to assail it with such vigor and frequency for over thirty years, and why, in spite of all the ridicule, opposition, and misrepresentation it has encountered, the movement had continued to grow with ever-increasing rapidity.

OUR FATHER'S BUSINESS

Among the problems which confront the beginner in Christian Science, is the attitude maintained by relatives, friends and acquaintances who are not as yet disposed to investigate its teachings for themselves, and who sometimes sit in censorship upon the "new departure" of the student from the beaten tracks of church and social life.

HARMONY

A Few days ago I arrived early at a great orchestral concert.

AN ALLEGORY

Two men sat by a spring and looked disappointedly at each other.

"WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME."

[The following is one of many letters received by Mrs.

THE PASSING OF KNOWLEDGE

PAUL once wrote, "Whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away," and Christ Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.