In
the Old and New Testaments, so great a stress is laid on the necessity of giving thanks to God that students of the Bible cannot but be impressed with the constant recurrence of the demand.
In
the beginning of our country, the custom was established by the devout fathers of observing annually a day of thanksgiving for the bounties and protection which divine Providence had extended throughout the year.
A Committee of Seven appointed by The Christian Science Board of Directors to forward the interests of The Christian Science Monitor in the local district of The Mother Church, with headquarters at 236 Huntington Avenue, held a meeting Monday evening, October 30, which filled to its capacity the main floor of the original edifice of The Mother Church.
T. W. Whiffen, Committee on Publication for the State of Tennessee,
Permit me to state to your readers, in response to a statement in a recent issue of your paper, by a clergyman, that Christian Science is neither "Christian nor Science," that Christian Scientists accept the definition of "Christian," given in Webster's dictionary as "one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ.
Eugene J. Harris, Committee on Publication for the State of Alabama,
One of your contributors seems to take special exception to Christian Science because it teaches the infinity, omnipotence, and omnipresence of God, Spirit; consequently, the unreality of matter.
Richard E. Prince, Committee on Publication for the State of Virginia,
Christian Scientists, as do many other Christians, accept without reservation the Scriptural statements that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, and that he was crucified and rose from the grave on the third day.