Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
In reply to a critic in a recent issue of your paper, it may be stated that the reason Christian Science has "spread so widely" is that it has justified its existence.
In a recent issue of your paper I observed a bank teller joke, in which a wife is represented as saying, "Now, Henry, if you want a dinner fit to eat this evening you'll have to leave me a little money.
John W. Harwood, Committee on Publication for Lancashire,
Every one will agree with a recent correspondent of your paper that the point at issue is the validity of Christian Science, as the true interpretation of Christianity.
Viewed
from the standpoint of materiality, human life may appear to present a series of developments each one of which is fraught with some more or less painful experience.
To
watch a raw recruit and an old soldier joining their regiment as they receive their equipment from the quartermaster's stores is to get a lesson in the value of a good equipment.
The
newcomer to Christian Science, knowing, perhaps from personal experience, the many troubles that "flesh is heir to," sometimes hesitates before the new teaching that Spirit is the only reality.
