Herold Molter, Committee on Publication for the State of Illinois,
In the Danvers Independent there appeared a column devoted to a discussion of the subject, "Why I Can't Afford to be a Christian Scientist," by a clergyman of your community.
Many
human theories and isms have arisen to attract attention and gain followers since the humble Nazarene, Jesus the Christ, gave to a needy world the simple doctrine of Christian love.
The
problems which confront mankind are so numerous, and at times so perplexing and burdensome, that it may sometimes seem that there is no possibility of relief, and that some problems are unsolvable.
Paul
, in his second letter to the Corinthians, said, "I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
In
all activities of merit, leading to a reward for endeavor, one has before him a goal of some kind; and to have a clear comprehension of the nature and character of the goal is of vital importance to one's progress.