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The gentleman who criticized The Christian Science Monitor...
The Tribune
The gentleman who criticized The Christian Science Monitor in your issue of Augest 14 for its editorial comment on a public statement made by Cardinal Begin, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec, ignored the point and reason of the comment which furnished the occasion for his letter. He accused The Christian Science Monitor in these words: "It is so democratic that it would deny to minortities the right to debate." "It finds fault with Cardinal Begin because he debates the question of conscription ante factum."
It was quite evident, however, from Cardinal Begin's published statement, that he claimed, not the right to debate, but the right to pass superior and final judgment on a bill pending in the Canadian parliament. He spoke of the conscription bill then pending as "a menace which causes the Canadian clergy the worst apprehensions," and as "a serious blow to the rights of the church of Christ, independent in its domain." Cardinal Begin even said more particularly: "If we judge by the very rude knowledge revealed by certain speeches made in the Commons, one may indeed fear that some legislators, so little enlightened, and maybe also somewhat ill-willed, may not make a choice that we would approve; and here is what legitimatizes all the fears." The comment of The Christian Science Monitor on these utterances was that they put the judgment of the cardinal or his church above the decision of the Canadian House of Commons. Surely this was fair comment, and comment which did not touch the right of debate.
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February 2, 1918 issue
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Life
MARY BAKER EDDY
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Heredity
JANE HALSEY
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Above the Clouds
CARRO A. BIRD
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Our Heavenly Father
FLORENCE W. SAUNDERS
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Now
SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD
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A critic makes the very common mistake of confusing...
Carl E. Herring
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A speaker at the "tabernacle" is reported as saying that...
Samuel Greenwood
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The gentleman who criticized The Christian Science Monitor...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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Rejoicing in Protection Adequate
William P. McKenzie
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Salvation of the World
William D. McCrackan
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"The children's bread"
Annie M. Knott
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Notices
with contributions from Christian Science War Relief Committee
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Admission to Membership in The Mother Church
Charles E. Jarvis
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The Lectures
with contributions from O. H. Knox, Ethel E. Gee, Leslie P. Strong, Richard C. Harrison, F. W. Hadden
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Christian Science first came to my notice when I was a...
Eleanor Taylor Morse
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Seven years ago I had yet to learn that man's estate is...
Charles H. Rutherford
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It is seven years since I took up the study of Christian Science,...
Carrie Hobbs Williams
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In the year 1906 some dear friends, knowing my need,...
H. DeVere Simmons
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One's gratitude to God is best expressed in helping others...
Cecilia M. Tyler
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Christian Science came into my life after all material...
F. B. Beinkamp
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In July, 1914, a friend loaned me a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
Esther Marie Lee
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Nearly twelve years ago I became interested in Christian Science...
Marguerite Hillery Williamson
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The desire to acknowledge some of the benefits received...
Vanessa Perry Lobdell
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God having done great things for me, I feel it my duty to...
Fanny F. Pearson
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So deep is my gratitude and so numerous are my blessings,...
Winifred Moss Smith
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In the year 1904 I found myself unable to attend to my...
Anna Graham Blake
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I am always glad to tell what Christian Science has done...
Hannah S. Ross
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Notices
with contributions from The Christian Science Publishing Society