Ralph B. Textor, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio,
In his sermon, "Christian Science Jews—the Hasidim," as reported in your recent issue, a rabbi made an attempt to show that the truths and fundamentals of Christian Science, the teachings of its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, were not really her discovery but were voiced two centuries before and found expression in a Judaic sect in Europe called the Hasidim.
HOW
prevalent among mortals is the weary sense of working for a living! The very thought of such work brings to many a picture of drudgery and unhappiness.
A NORTHEASTERLY
gale was blowing, and from the vantage ground of a glazed-in veranda a student was silently watching the white-capped waves breaking in white frothiness upon the beach below.
ONE
of the grave errors which so-called mortal mind presents, as an excuse for its seeming existence and operation, is that God sends disease and trouble upon mankind, and that there is a consequent necessity for suffering under these great odds, which are represented as the "will of God.
NO
one at the present day who takes time to think more than a little can fail to recognize that the world is going through a great crisis; and those who believe in the Bible as a book of inspired guidance and warning, and who turn to its sacred pages for help and comfort, cannot fail to see that to-day numerous prophecies therein are being literally fulfilled.
WHEN
Moses called all Israel and charged them to learn, keep, and do the statutes and judgments of God, he was emphasizing the practical nature of true religion.
Ralph W. Still, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
According to your report of a sermon recently delivered in a Lutheran church of your city, the pastor characterized Christian Science as a "delusion," and intimated that its moral and spiritual requirements are other than those of Christianity.
