Frank Thompson, Committee on Publication for Norfolk, England,
In a recent issue, under the healing "Challenge to Vicar," Christian Scientists are referred to "as teaching queer fables which make things difficult for Christians.
Percival Vincett Parsons, Committee on Publication for the Cape Province, South Africa,
In the Cape Times recently, in your series "What I believe," a contributor states his opinion on the subject of healing in these words: "I believe that the most advanced medical and psychological knowledge of our time can do more to heal physical and mental suffering than can Christian Science or faith.
Louis N. Denniston, Committee on Publication for the State of Connecticut,
The question asked by a writer in your "Letters from Readers" column recently, prompted by his having read the lecture on Christian Science which you so generously published, deserves an answer.
Perhaps
some of you who have traveled by air have found that on a cloudy day one can fly above the clouds in a clear, sunny atmosphere by rising to a higher altitude.
"Take
care of yourself!" There are few, perhaps, who have not given or received this kindly, well-meant advice—advice, however, which almost invariably suggests thoughts of fear concerning one's physical condition or safety.
Most
parents long to give their children the best of educational advantages so that they may be equipped to face the problems of life and obtain some measure of happiness and prosperity.
Joseph G. Alden, former Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska,
The author of your "More or Less Personal" column, quoting recently the remarks of a visiting clergyman, reported him as saying that "too many church members practice one tenet of Christian Science, absent treatment.
