At
each Sunday service and Wednesday evening meeting in Christian Science churches, the following statement, or one similar thereto, is made from the desk: "Let us unite in silent prayer.
Mankind's
ideas of the nature of good cover the widest imaginable range; but it is certain that there is no more active or universal desire than to attain good.
The
demand that we adhere strictly to the truth which Christian Science teaches,—namely, that God and His spiritual creation, man and the universe, are the only facts of existence,—must be fulfilled, if we are to experience the harmony which Christian Science promises to those who demonstrate it.
Frequently
the question is asked: Do Christian Scientists use petitions when they pray, or do they rely entirely upon denials of error and affirmations of truth?
In an issue of the West Middlesex Gazette there appears an article entitled "Ministry of Healing—Church Acknowledges Lead of Christian Scientists," in which the Bishop of London, speaking on spiritual healing at the Convocation of Canterbury, is reported to have said that Christian Scientists had "called their attention to a neglected truth by the church—the power of the mind over matter.
Our critic has not only presumed to speak without a proper knowledge of the fundamentals of Christian Science; but evidently for no better reason than the fact that they fail to square with his own religious views, he would have us believe that they are unscientific and conflict with the Scriptural teachings.
Christian Scientists as a body are earnestly supporting the plan advocated by The Christian Science Monitor as a practical solution of the problem of how to prevent war.
