When
the Master uttered his memorable saying, "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me," he plainly indicated that, if one's heart would be at peace, something more than a belief in God is needed; and that is to believe also in the Son.
Throughout
the Bible emphasis is laid on the effort we must make in order to enter into the kingdom of heaven, or bring into our consciousness the abundance of good that is the heritage of man.
One
of the most discouraging, as well as one of the most stubborn convictions of mankind is the belief that one can be deprived of just recognition for faithful and right endeavors.
Some
time ago there appeared on the Children's Page of The Christian Science Monitor a fable about a very young fish that had heard a great deal from the older fish about a wonderful thing called the sea.
C. Shelton Agar, Committee on Publication for the Province of Natal, South Africa,
- Durban
I read in your issue of March 19 a letter entitled "Fallacies of Christian Science," which gives an erroneous impression of Christian Science and its Discovere and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy.
Under the auspices of the Christian Science Committee on Publication, during the year 1934, addresses were given to groups of non-Christian Scientists at their own request, as follows:
"Truth,
Life, and Love are the only legitimate and eternal demands on man, and they are spiritual lawgivers, enforcing obedience through divine statutes.
To promote a better understanding of the position of The Christian Science Monitor in respect to the significance of its news and editorial columns, the following excerpt is quoted from an editorial it printed, March 7, 1934, entitled "Reading Your Newspaper":
Nearly thirty years ago, when theologians could not give me peace and physicians could give neither hope nor relief, Christian Science was brought to my notice.
One who was reared to have faith in God rather than medicine is not thereby ensured success in demonstrating Christian Science, as is shown clearly by my own experience.
Before
us Thou an open door hast set,Disclosing sacred vastnesses of Love;Revealing the infinitude of Mind,Where aspirations lead beyond, aboveIllusions of the senses, dumb and blind.
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