William Wallace Porter, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
While the letter of your correspondent is in a semi-serious vein, the writer of it is laboring under a misapprehension regarding Christian Science when he suggests that the Christian Science religion is something that brings luck to its followers.
William J. Fuller, acting Committee on Publication for Cape Province, South Africa,
In your issue of September 25 some remarks by a doctor at the South African Medical Congress call for a reply, as in some cases he misquoted, and in others he did not give the full context, which alters the meaning.
"Deducing
one's conclusions as to man from imperfection instead of perfection, one can no more arrive at the true conception or understanding of man, and make himself like it, than the sculptor can perfect his outlines from an imperfect model, or the painter can depict the form and and face of Jesus, while holding in thought the character of Judas.
To
those who know little or nothing of this teaching, the natural, beautiful simplicity of Christian Science may seem difficult to grasp; yet Science is as simple as claiming something that is one's own or accepting a beautiful gift, and is as easy to practice as it is to love someone altogether lovable.
