Cyril R. Hewson, Committee on Publication for Derbyshire, England,
The sum of a critic's letter, in a recent issue of your paper, seems to be that what the material senses are cognizant of must be real, and that to deny its reality must be absurd.
We
read in Matthew that Jesus spoke a parable likening the kingdom of heaven "unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son;" and when the king came in to see the guests which had been bidden to the wedding, he saw "a man which had not on a wedding garment.
Understood
through the light which Christian Science sheds upon the pages of the Bible, many of the events and incidents therein contained are not merely historically interesting, but become to the student's awakened thought valuable examples and proofs of the unlimited power of good.
Christian Science
has been so long associated with the work of healing physical diseases, and so much discussed in that connection, that many do not at first think of this Science as an exterminator of sin; yet Mrs.
The
words of Jesus, when he bade the one desirous of following him to deny himself and to take up the cross, have been studied for many centuries by devout Christians who, in numberless cases, have endeavored to follow them with great faith and love; yet, if his meaning could have been more clearly understood, better results might have ensued.
Charles W. J. Tennant, Committee on Publication for London, England,
Since Christian Science teaches that God, good, is infinite, the answer to the question of the origin of evil must be left to those who do not believe in the infinitude of good.
W. Stuart Booth, Committee on Publication for the State of Colorado,
Christian Science practice, being the reinstatement of primitive Christian healing, is not based upon a physical diagnosis; and fair-minded doctors, recognizing this fact, have readily consented to the exemption of Christian Science practitioners from the terms of medical practice laws, which very properly set a standard of physical education for all whose treatment is based on a physical diagnosis.
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
Dealing with political questions, the solution of which by certain methods he does not approve, a critic in a recent issue of your paper likens these methods to the efforts of "a Christian Scientist trying to curre a consumptive.