In the past year philosophy and human reason in Germany have strongly resisted the Christianly metaphysical doctrine of Christian Science, and fought against it.
August Fritsche, Committee on Publication for the State of Minnesota,
I have at hand a copy of your valued paper containing a short report of a so-called lecture on Christian Science by a clergyman from Park Rapids, Minnesota.
Charles W. J. Tennant, District Manager of the Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
In reply to a critic, writing on Christian Science, in your recent issue, let me point out that in the first chapter of Mark we are told that "Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Paul A. Harsch, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio,
Public interest in the healing of physical disease by mental means is evidently shared by the rabbi whose sermon on "Christian Science and Jewish Science," at the Euclid Avenue Temple, was reported in a recent issue of the Times.
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts,
For the information of your readers, kindly allow me to make a statement concerning the practice of Christian Science, because you have reported Nelson Loris, the boy preacher, as saying that Christian Science healing differs from divine healing in that "Christian Science employs the power of mind over matter," while divine healing comes from having faith in God.
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is little doubt that the majority of those who seriously take up the study of Christian Science find it necessary to learn to love and appreciate the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy, not only in its relation to church membership, but also in its relationship to the individual unfoldment of each student in the understanding and practice of this Science, and to the Christian Science movement in general.
