Men
are investigating the Bible teachings more than ever before in the world's history, and it is particularly interesting to consider what these teachings have to tell as to our duty to God.
Although
publishers tell us that newspapers give prominence to recitals of crime and scandal, disaster and death, because the public demands sensational news, the impartial investigator will find, among almost any group of readers, a surprisingly large percentage who will admit that they deprecate rather than demand news of this character.
There
is no segment in eternity's circle in which God can become more to man than He continuosly is; nor can any particular day in the calendar of time mark an increased immanence in the nearness of all-pervading good.
The contract for the publication and sale of the Works of Mary Baker Eddy, entered into between the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy and The Christian Science Publishing Society in October, 1917, was rescinded by mutual agreement on June 15, 1922.
Brigman C. Odom, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
In the statement by a critic which appeared in a recent issue of your paper that "the mind rules the body and the world," the reader is left under the impression that the human mind is the principal factor in the demonstration of Christian Science, whereas it is through divine Mind that proof in Christian Science work is brought out.
Richard H. Smith, Committee on Publication for the State of Montana,
In the interest of accuracy, may I point out that Christian Science is not a system of faith healing as that term is commonly understood; neither does it teach that there is any power in the human mind or matter; nor could its practitioners successfully collaborate with those using material remedies.