As Christian Science, when correctly presented, is never at a disadvantage regarding Bible teaching, as recently claimed by a clergyman, I shall appreciate space in which to present to your readers a brief reply to his remarks, as published in a recent issue.
Could our ministerial critic have had even the faintest concept of the spirituality and beauty of holiness which an understanding of the Christian Science teaching as to the incorporeality of God inculcates in the open-minded, willing-to-learn individual, his letter of criticism appearing in a recent issue of your paper would not have been penned.
One
of the difficulties that confront the beginner in Christian Science when he encounters a seeming vacuum after having given up some materiality, is the fear that he is losing something real and tangible.
When
the great Master, addressing his fellow-countrymen, said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," he received the scornful reply that they were never in bondage and, consequently, there was nothing from which they needed to be made free.
He
who would learn what obedience is, must first learn the nature of authority; for obedience is defined by the dictionary as "compliance with that which is required by authority.
