A MOMENTOUS
question was asked of Adam when in the Biblical allegory following the disobedient eating of the forbidden fruit and its consequent sense of nakedness and shame, he was startled by the words, "Where art thou?
A dictionary
gives the following definition of "ethics": "The science of right conduct and character; the science which treats of the nature and grounds of moral obligation and of the rules which ought to determine conduct in accordance with this obligation; the doctrine of man's duty in respect to himself and the rights of others.
The
aggressiveness and self-assertion of the so-called carnal mind, as encountered in one's everyday contact with humanity, are difficult to cope with because of like qualities in one's own thought—human will and its counterpart, consent to domination, often the expediency of otherwise fine natures.
The
continued study of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, develops an inward, unshaken conviction of the supremacy of good in every situation, in the face of all arguments to the contrary.
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts,
A comparison of the book on Christian Science by Sir William Barrett, with the review of it in the Transcript of August 25, shows that the reviewer has given prominence to the more unfavorable parts of the book.
Miss Evelyn Webb, Committee on Publication for County Antrim, Ireland,
In no way need we doubt your correspondent's earnestness in wishing to save the people of Belfast from what he believes to be false teachings; but if he will cast his gaze over the history of the Christian churches, he will find that much religious zeal, and even bitter malice and hatred, have been expended by churches in the past against those who came out from them, and who were considered to be heterodox in their views.
Aaron E. Brandt, Committee on Publication for the State of Pennsylvania,
Evidently the writer in a recent issue reffered to Christian Scientists when he stated that the hopes entertained by medical science of fighting a certain disease successfully in a new way, "will shock and disturb those who believe that there is no such thing as disease, and that all you need to do is to deny its reality.
To insure that complete lecture notices be printed in the Sentinel, detailed information should reach the Editorial Department regarding lectures in the United States and Canada, at least four weeks before the date of the lecture; in Great Britain and Ireland, at least five weeks before; in other European countries, at least eight weeks before.
An article I read in a Sentinel awakened me to the fact that I had never brought my tithe of a written testimony into the storehouse provided by The Mother Church, from which it might be dispensed, fulfilling its mission in the interest of the common good.
Articles from members of The Mother Church and good testimonies from those healed by Christian Science are always welcomed for consideration by the Editors.
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