Albert E. Lombard, committee on Publication for Southern California,
An article in your issue of August 31 mistakenly implied a similarity between Christian Science and a Japanese religious teaching which the item described as a derivation of Shintoism.
Arthur E. F. Court, Committee on Publication for the North Island of New Zealand,
My attention has been called to a sermon printed in your paper on the subject of Christian Science, which contains so many misrepresentations both of its purpose and teaching, that I feel sure you will grant me space to make a few corrections.
The
word "ambition" comes from a Latin word which signifies going around to solicit votes, and it was used with reference to candidates for election in Rome.
What
a beautiful quality is innocence! Spotless and unsullied, it directs its childlike gaze on all with which it comes in contact, expecting naught but the good.
Those
who are struggling under a burden of debt will find comfort and practical relief in the teachings of Christian Science, through which they learn how to exercise their God-given dominion in meeting this and every adverse situation.
The
carpenter who would become a skillful artisan, but who uses only his hammer and saw, can nail shingles and saw planks; when, however, he gets jobs requiring skill and precision, he has to turn them over to his fellow workmen.
