Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts,
It is surprising that anyone intelligent enough to be a speaker at the Institute of Politics could be so ignorant or so prejudiced as to describe Christian Science practitioners as "fake healers," as was reported in your recent issue.
While
a student of Christian Science sat in a street car which ran for miles along the shore of the Pacific Ocean, her attention was attracted to the water fowl, commonly called "scooters," which are nearly always to be seen in large flocks along that stretch of sandy beach.
After
the completion of a day's work, the so-called human mind is apt to believe it is weary and depressed, and to seek relief in inactivity, which it calls rest.
It
is generally accepted without question, in all lines of human activity, that in order to secure anything worth while it is necessary that a price be paid.
That
God is ever near to supply our every need, and that the will of God towards His children is that they shall have an abundant supply of all needful things, there is ample Scriptural proof.
When
Christ Jesus uttered the words recorded in the fifth chapter of Matthew, "But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Lew C. Church, Committee on Publication for the State of Minnesota,
Designating as a weapon of the devil a religion which enables its adherents to do the works which Jesus did and which he taught his followers to do, cannot be justified.
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
I observe an interesting article in your recent issue, under the caption, "Every Man His Own Interpreter," in which a correspondent points out some of the differing creedal beliefs which partly account for so many religious denominations.
