Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
When a minister spoke of "individual responsibility for one's acts," as reported in your issue of December 31, he touched upon a point that is fully recognized by Christian Scientists; for Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, says in her book "Miscellaneous Writings".
Cecil E. Benjamin, Committee on Publication for Cape Province, South Africa,
In your issue of the twentieth ultimo there appears a review of a new book entitled "The Riddle of Life," wherein it is said: "Another discarded explanation [of the nature of evil and suffering] is that offered by Christian Science, which gets rid of the problem by simply shutting its eyes and denying the reality of evil altogether.
In
studying the history of the children of Israel, one is impressed by the extreme sanctity which attached to the ark of the covenant as a symbol of the divine presence.
On
the first reading of a rule or precept in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, one may not appreciate its importance, but on careful study, one will find that no single rule or precept may safely be overlooked or neglected by those who would advance in the study and practice of Christian Science.
A TREE
of a variety unsuitable for street planting was found to be sending multitudinous root fibers throughout the surrounding soil, sapping the moisture, impoverishing the ground, and overshadowing shrubbery and flowers in the adjoining gardens.
In
Romans we read, "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?