William C. Brookes, Committee on Publication for Midlothian, Scotland,
With reference to the article on Christian Science in your recent issue, will you, with your usual courtesy, permit me to say that no one can be misled as to the purpose of Christian Science because its only purpose is to teach people to obey the laws of God as propounded by Christ Jesus.
On
page 514 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy we read, "In the figurative transmission from the divine thought to the human, diligence, promptness, and perseverance are likened to 'the cattle upon a thousand hills.
The
teacher of a class of art students, on entering the classroom one morning, remarked: "I notice that your first act, on arriving in the morning, is to put your canvas on the easel and take a good, long look at it.
Jesus
said, "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
FREQUENTLY
one hears it said, and is sometimes tempted to accept the saying as his own, "If I were just differently situated,—if I only had a more congenial place to live, or a better place to work,—I am sure I would progress more rapidly;" or, "How can I be happy or do my best work in this place which I dislike?
OUR
Leader's spiritual interpretation of the twenty-third psalm, on page 578 of our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," reads in part, "[Love] prepareth a table before me.
WHEN
he had made his remarkable demonstration of stilling the tempest, we are told that the Master asked of his disciples the pointed question, "How is it that ye have no faith?