Paul Gassner, Committee on Publication for Germany,
There are a great many hostile writings in circulation about the religious teaching of Christian Science which, unfortunately, are often considered to be true.
One
of the first things for which we learn to be grateful when we come into Christian Science is the fact that it is a wholly practical religion, with fixed Principle and definite rules for its demonstration.
Previous
to having any knowledge of Christian Science we may have made a practice of turning to God for help only in case of discord or emergency, as little children come to mother with their trials.
In
reading an account in a daily newspaper of the much needed reform that is taking place in some of the prisons, the writer's attention was arrested by the following sentence: "If you treat a man as a man.
After
Paul's notable shipwreck while on his journey to Rome, the natives of the island of Melita received him kindly, kindling a fire because of the rain and the cold.
Right
at hand, in the very place where he may find himself, and at the work on which he may be engaged, the wise Christian Scientist utilizes his understanding of Truth, progressing in proportion to his willingness to accept and rejoice in every least opportunity to prove that he has a demonstrable understanding of Christian Science.
Fred Yould, Committee on Publication for the State of Georgia,
Being the authorized representative of Christian Scientists in Georgia, I request that you kindly publish this letter, written to correct certain erroneous statements about Christian Science made by a minister of Los Angeles, and referred to in an item published in your recent issue.
