Ven Buren Perry, Committee on Publication for the State of North Dakota,
A contributor to the American of recent date objected because you treated the Christian Scientists with the same generosity shown other denominations, and printed extracts from one of their lectures.
Christian Science healings are effected without regard to the so-called material sciences, which constantly change their basis, mode of operation, and system of application.
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
In your account of spiritual healing in Norwich, in a recent issue of your paper, it is stated that spiritual healing is not Christian Science, for "Christian Science denies illness and denies sin, whereas spiritual healers deny neither.
Richard E. Prince, Committee on Publication for the State of Virginia,
In the published report of a sermon in your issue of recent date, I find the following statement: "Because men cannot test out God through a tube in a laboratory, they deny the immaculate conception of Christ and turn to Christian Science.
Peter B. Biggins, Committee on Publication for Alberta, Canada,
A recent article in the Herald referred to divine healing, and in the course of the article the writer spoke of Christian Science in a manner which calls for correction.
It
is a common characteristic of mortals to desire to know in advance just what recompense they are to receive for performing a certain task or rendering a certain service to their fellow-men.
Our
greatest foe is the false belief that man has a mind apart from God; from which arises the belief that he has a self which lives and is able to move and act apart from God, a self which is material and which is cognizant of both good and evil.
One
of the most attractive characteristics of childhood is its eager willingness to go upon an errand, to do the bidding of the sender, and to perform successfully the mission upon which it is sent.
