William H. Adler, Committee on Publication for Hongkong, China,
I thank you for publishing my letter in the South China Morning Post of October 17 and shall be glad if you will kindly permit me to trespass on your columns again, in order to correct some of the misstatements made about Christian Science in the letter by a "Member of the church of Occult Science," in your last issue.
Kellogg Patton, Committee on Publication for the State of Wisconsin,
That a doctor "holds no disrespect for the spiritual phase of Christian Science," as he is reported as saying in the issue of your paper of October 25, is appreciated.
One
who was having to know the truth about supply and substance recalled the Master's parable of the ten talents, and the words, "Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance," stood out as peculiarly significant.
It
is possible that the Lesson-Sermons do not seem so very important to one who is just taking up the study of Christian Science, especially if his acquaintance with the Bible be limited to that obtained during his school days.
The
first needful step toward building a Christian Science church is that each member strive daily to gain a clearer understanding of God and of the divine idea of Church.
Throughout
the book of Psalms, praise to God is greatly emphasized; and, with the Psalmist, every consecrated Christian knows of a surety that "it is good to sing praises unto our God.
