William James Huckerby, former Committee on Publication for Warwickshire, England,
Under the heading, "Four Serious Evils in Christian Science," you quote extracts from a pamphlet which purports to examine the claims of Christian Science.
Oppressed
by the sense of hurry and worry which sometimes accompanies the customary observance of the Christmas season, Christian Scientists may find comfort and inspiration in the words which our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, addressed to her household at Brookline, Massachusetts, on Christmas Day, 1909.
If
the self-sacrifice and giving which characterized Christ Jesus provided the example which led to the exchanging of gifts at Christmas time, it is evident that there has been a sad lowering of thought in connection with Christmas giving.
Christian Science meetings were first held by Oxford undergraduates in 1920 in a private house, under the auspices of a kind and interested member of the branch church in the town.
Albert E. Lombard, former Committee on Publication for Southern California,
Your desire to avoid religious controversy is commendable, but exception must be taken to various statements in an article in a recent issue, for these statements do not correctly present the teachings of Christian Science.
James W. Fulton, Committee on Publication for Ontario, Canada,
In a recent letter to your paper a clergyman took exception to certain statements which appeared in the report of a Christian Science lecture in the Times-Journal.