Richard E. Prince, Committee on Publication for the State of Virginia,
While I do not believe the writer of the article entitled "The Christian Science Infiltration," in your issue of August 7, intended to misrepresent Christian Science, I shall appreciate the privilege of commenting on one or two statements therein.
According
to ordinary human thought the words "retreat" and "progress" might seem to have diametrically opposite meanings, and not to be in any way complementary to each other.
Gaze
into the face of a flower swaying amidst the long grass on a spring morning, and see what is written there that they who run may read! A symbol of the gentleness, the gayety, the harmlessness of being, a hint of the smile of God! Meek, and yet adding to the beauty all around it, praising God with its unstinted fragrance! No trace of rivalry or self-seeking is there; no lust for gold or for possession; but radiant innocence, shining forth its joy.
William G. Westle, as Committee on Publication for Warwickshire, England,
From the report given in the Post of the address by a bishop at Allerton on Sunday last, it would appear that he entertains the mistaken view that Christian Science is a "fantastic type of belief," alluding to it with others as "these crudities.
