In
the business world the term "snap judgment" very aptly defines one of the striking characteristics of the human mind; namely, an alertness in censuring any one and every one who differs in thought or action from the individual's point of view.
The
article "A Real Investment," in a recent number of the Sentinel, came as a timely rebuke to me,—even though I had already made two contributions to the Publishing House fund,—for I had thought, "Well, I've given all I had for that purpose; my money is certainly needed in other directions, and I can do no more.
It
is doubtful if among the thousands of worshipers in the Christian Science churches one person could be found who believes, as did some of our Puritan ancestors, that music is out of place in a church service.
To
estimate aright the meaning of the word possible as used in chapter 19 of the Gospel of Matthew, and on page I of our text-book, we must divest thought of the meaning attached to the word by human sense.
A reverend critic says that "Christian Science denies the atoning sacrifice of Christ for sin; that it teaches disobedience to Christ's commandments to repent and to preach the gospel of salvation to the lost everywhere.
Christian Science teaches that all "reality" is of God, Spirit; that, therefore, the spiritual is the real, and that the material and its accredited phenomena are the unreal.
Our critic is confusing the absolute with the relative, in exactly the same way in which Pilate, according to one of the greatest scholars and theologians the Church of England has ever known, did in his ever repeated question, "What is truth?
Our reverend critic devotes most of his sermon to the plea that an effort be made for the same "works" to be accomplished by the followers of the Master to-day as when he himself preached the gospel and healed the sick, two thousand years ago.
Mankind has heard enough of theory, dogma, and creed, and the thought of humanity is rapidly turning towards a more practical and satisfactory message of hope and salvation than its past experience has grasped.
Christian Scientists have such faith and confidence in the promises of Christ Jesus that they prefer to rely upon them rather than material remedies; they prefer to trust God and the promises of the Master.
Christian Science recognizes squarely that to the suffering sense of the patient the disease with which he is afflicted is quite real and patent; but it denies its reality as a God-created entity or that it exists in consonance with the law of God, the law of which Christ Jesus said, "I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
There are always three stages in the development of any and every system which has its base on Truth, or any section thereof: First, that of bitter opposition; second, parleying with its exponents because of the truth it contains; and third, acceptance of its fundamentals.
In Christian Science healing human will is silenced and the despotic and harmful influence of one human mind over another is entirely eschewed, while the wholesome influence of truth, imparted to the sick in Jesus' way, soothes and uplifts the individual, making him better physically by uplifting him morally.
A SHORT
time ago a minister on the Pacific coast preached a sermon in which he attacked women in general, accusing them of being the main support of the "isms" with which he had been finding fault, and among other things said, "With all respect for the purity of our mothers and daughters, we must admit that free love finds its advocates and support among women more generally than among men.
In
our earlier studies of the Bible we were told that the first four of the Ten Commandments related to our duty to God, and the remaining six to our obligations to our fellow-men.
Success
in communicating an idea is determined no less surely by the winsomeness of the way in which it is presented, than by the clearness and completeness with which it is understood by the one presenting it.
In
order to meet the call for Christian Science Reading Rooms in the down-town business district, a suite of rooms has been secured for this purpose on the second floor of 15 Exchange Street and will be open every day except Sunday from 9 A.
About a year and a half ago, while reading Science and Health for my husband's benefit, I was healed of three diseases, severe kidney, throat, and heart trouble.
It is just a year since I came into Christian Science, and words cannot express how grateful I am for this blessed truth which has been such a help and comfort to me, and has restored me to almost perfect health.
Shortly before Christmas, 1906, I was taken ill with what mortal belief calls acute lung trouble, with the accompanying symptoms of severe cough, high fever, etc.
Christian Science was first brought to my notice many years ago, but thinking it only a new method of healing, of which I then felt no need, I did not become interested in the subject.
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