As
the life and character of Jesus, recorded in the New Testament, are studied, and our hearts respond with deep love and appreciation of him and his work, the desire to emulate his qualities of character is simultaneously borne in upon our thought.
"O come,
let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation"! What a happy outlook on life had the Psalmist when he sang this song of praise to God! His thoughts were turned away from materiality to the contemplation of spiritual things; and always when he turned his thoughts to the greatness and goodness of God, there arose expressions of hope, joy, and praise.
OF
all the precious lessons left to us by Christ Jesus—a rich legacy—none is more graphic, or more imperative in its appeal to awaken and arouse thought to the need of spiritual understanding and an active obedience thereto, as the foundation upon which to build for eternity, than his comparison between the structures of the wise and the foolish.
Miss Kate E. Andreae, Committee on Publication for Sussex, England,
The vicar of Bungalow Town Church has felt it his duty to warn his congregation against Christian Science, and, indeed, if Christian Science were what he believes it to be, he would be quite justified in doing so.
Carrington Hening. Committee on Publication for the State of New Jersey,
In reply to a letter in a recent issue, please permit me to say that my former communication, to which your critic makes reference, was written not with the idea of entering into a controversy, but simply to set your readers right respecting the teachings of Christian Science.
Everett P. Clark, Committee on Publication for the State of Washington,
As reported in your recent issue, your present city health officer and another doctor, both of whom addressed city club women at a meeting in the auditorium of your public library, expressed some concern over the election of a certain candidate for the office of commissioner of public safety because he is a Christian Scientist.
William K. Primrose, Secretary to the District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
In reply to the letter of "Inquirer" in your recent issue, may I say that Christian Scientists obey the great commandment, "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.