Arthur J. Chapman, Committee on Publication for the State of Louisiana,
In your recent issue there appears an address made by the president of the Louisiana Medical Society at their annual meeting, wherein he delivers "a scathing denunciation" of what he terms "medical fads and fancies including the teachings of Christian Scientists.
What
a wonderful story is that of David in his contest with the Philistine giant, Goliath of Gath! How we always admired David's courage in facing the enemy, who was armed with the material weapons deemed necessary for warfare, while the shepherd boy had only a sling and a few stones; but he had something besides these far greater and more powerful, unseen by the material senses—even a wonderful trust in God.
Success
in any line of endeavor means that one has striven to do the thing at hand as perfectly and completely as possible; that he has tried to bring about harmony in his particular field of endeavor.
Everyone
aspires to something beyond what he now has; and the aspirations vary according to the type of individual thought, not necessarily taking form in words, but manifesting themselves in deep-seated desire.
To-day,
when there are so many opportunities for education open to the individual, and when the demand for educated people to do the work of the world is so increasingly insistent, there are probably many who are suffering from a sense of lack in this direction.
The
Church of Christ is not a material edifice; it is entirely spiritual, "the structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle," as our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, defines its spiritual meaning, in part, on page 583 of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
