Fred Yould, Committee on Publication for the State of Georgia,
Because a professor classified Christian Science with new-thought and mental science in an article in your recent issue, he misstated, though not unkindly, the teachings of Christian Science.
M. S. Temple Hill, Committee on Publication for the Province of Quebec, Canada,
There appeared in a recent issue of your esteemed paper a reprint of an article in the Toronto Mail & Empire, which article dealt with a book entitled, "The Medical Follies.
Miss E. Mary Ramsay, Committee on Publication for Midlothian, Scotland,
I have read the articles on Christian Science which have been running for some months in the Protestant Advocate, and while, of course, I admit that the quotations from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy are correct in themselves, separated as they are from the context they give a very unfair impression of the teachings of this Science.
Sometimes
we hear the remark made by one desirous of engaging in the systematic study of Christian Science, "I find it so hard to study; it seems so difficult to concentrate my thoughts!" Here is a condition of mortal thought which should not be submitted to, but speedily overcome, if one is to progress.
The
Christian Scientist who is striving to prove the truth of the promises which Christ Jesus gave, finds himself under the constant necessity of guarding his thoughts against intruding errors, and of protecting his demonstrations of harmony from being marred by discordant influences.
The
beautiful simplicity of Jesus' healing work, as reported in the Bible, makes every Christian Scientist long to be more like him, and to be able to apply the healing balm as did the Master.
