An
understanding of the allness of God, a faith in His omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence, a willingness to listen to the "still small voice," is the basic ground for all right thinking; and good thoughts and constant desire to do right are fundamentals of good character building.
On
Thanksgiving Day the whole nation is called upon to render thanks to God for national prosperity, as well as for community and individual blessings.
The
season again approaches when it has been the custom for generations to set apart a day of thanksgiving for the blessings which the Giver of all good and perfect gifts has bestwed upon us during the year.
Kellogg Patton, Committee on Publication for the State of Wisconsin,
Healing in Christian Science does not occur as the result of a belief "in the influence of a strong optimistic personality on the mind and body of a patient," as a clergyman implies in his sermon "Some Follies of the Age," as reported in a recent issue of your paper.
Miss Madge Bell, Committee on Publication for the North Island of New Zealand,
Judging from the lecture recently given by a doctor on matters of health, as reported in the Tribune, it is evident that the lecturer has no knowledge of the teaching and practice of Christian Science.
Ralph B. Textor, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio,
I quite agree with the Englishman who was quoted in a recent issue of the News as saying that Christian Science presents "the highest form of philosophical conception of the American optimism," if by this is meant the optimism referred to by the New International Encyclopedia, as follows: "Usually philosophical optimism is based on the theoretical ground that the omnipotence, perfection, and wisdom of God as Creater guarantee the perfection of His creation.
Paul Gassner, Committee on Publication for Germany,
There are many hostile writings and false reports about Christian Science in circulation, which, unfortunately, are all too often regarded as true sources of information, and are passed along to others without comparison with the authorized literature.