Miss Evelyn L. Webb, Committee on Publication for County Antrim, Ireland,
Your anonymous correspondent considers that Christian Science will not bear investigation in the light of the Scriptures; and I am quite willing to admit that it may not agree with the correspondent's interpretation of Scriptural teaching.
Charles W. Hale, Committee on Publication for the State of Indiana,
Christian Scientists grant to each individual the right to his personal opinion of Christian Science, but they rightfully object to the assertion that "Mrs.
Contemplation
of the following, given us by Mary Baker Eddy on page 167 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," has led to watchfulness and alertness on the part of one Christian Science student to detect the nature of "the claims of good or of evil" seeking admission into thought: "Our proportionate admission of the claims of good or of evil determines the harmony of our existence,—our health, our longevity, and our Christianity.
Many
of us at some dark time in our experience have been told that God permitted sorrow and suffering for some good purpose; and although it seemed impossible to reconcile anything of the kind with a God of love, we were unable to account for the evil.
