Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
A book review in Saturday's Post was correct when it made clear that in "personalities, beliefs, and histories" Mesmer and Freud were dissimilar to Mary Baker Eddy.
A comparatively
young student of Christian Science found it necessary to leave the shelter and association of her home and take up her residence in a far-distant state, where she had no friends, and where new business connections must be formed.
Those
who do not comprehend the standpoint of Christian Science might wonder why the Directors of The Mother Church began in a period of financial depression to arrange for the building of the new Publishing House.
There
is cause for gratitude that when Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, established the Wednesday testimony meetings and the Christian Science periodicals she made due provision for testimonials of healing.
This new [Christian Science] hymnal is compiled for the use of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Boston, Massachusetts, and its branch churches throughout the world.
Charles M. Shaw, Committee on Publication for Lancashire, England,
Please permit me to say, with reference to the letter from a correspondent in your issue of the 12th instant, that the statement to which he takes exception is completely justified when the nature of Mrs.
Howard S. Reed, former Committee on Publication for the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada,
In expressing my appreciation of the articles appearing in your paper entitled "The Passing Show," generally speaking so entertainingly written, I must take exception to a reference to Christian Science, which appears under this heading in your issue of May 10.