Editorial November 6, 1909 Issue

"THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT"

Archibald McLellan

WE have been requested to reprint an editorial which appeared in The Christian Science Journal for November, 1906, and as the conditions which prompted this editorial have not been overcome, we are glad to respond to this request. The editorial is as follows:—

Our Leader has said of the Christian Science platform (Science and Health, pp. 330-340), "When the following platform is understood and the letter and the spirit bear witness, the infallibility of divine metaphysics will be demonstrated," and we are reminded of this by the misstatements of the letter which so frequently appear in the writings of Christian Scientists. We believe that most of these misstatements are due to the inexperience of those who write, but when experienced and well-taught students of Christian Science fall into the same errors, the cause must be sought elsewhere.

As many of these inaccurate statements of the letter of Christian Science necessarily come under the notice of the editors in their work of preparing the Journal and Sentinel, it may be that a few words based upon editorial experience will prove helpful to our contributors, and what we shall say in this connection will account for the non-publication of some articles that have been received and for the editorial changes which have been made in others that have been published.

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