W. Truman Green, Committee on Publication for the State of Florida,
A person acquainted with the teaching of Christian Science or with the Christian Science textbook would not state that this textbook was the "Christian Science Bible," unless there was behind the statement a motive to misrepresent and to prejudice the public against Christian Science by attempting to make it appear that Christian Scientists either use no Bible at all or else use a different Bible from the one used by the other churches.
The
first Biblical account of God's speaking to mankind occurs in the third chapter of Genesis, and reads, "And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
The
cordial invitation to use the Christian Science Reading Rooms, which is extended to the public at every Christian Science service, presents limitless opportunity for healing.
While
the writer was listening to a reading from the Psalms, the phrase, "Seek peace, and pursue it," suddenly seemed to stand out with challenging emphasis.
When
the members of a Christian Science church decide to build, they endeavor to hold in thought the right concept of Church as given on page 583 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, as well as those words spoken by Jesus, "He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
One
who was serving in the literature distribution work in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, was earnestly seeking to handle the work intelligently and to good purpose.
My attention has been called to a statement appearing in the Pilot which claims that "Christian Science was practiced under another name centuries before the Christian era by the Orientals.