When
our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, provided that all Christian Science churches should hold Wednesday evening meetings, she made it possible for everyone who has been benefited by Christian Science to give to others a "reason of the hope that is in" him, a measure of the joy that has come to him through the application of the rules of divine Principle, as taught in the Christian Science textbook.
To
every student of Christian Science there comes a time of development when he has to give up his dependence on human relationship and friendship, and to turn his thoughts to the realization of what Mrs.
From
time immemorial the human race has acknowledged, either consciously or unconsciously, the existence of some intelligence as compared with which it considered the human intellect to be nothing, and this acknowledgment has been a common feature of all shades of religious belief throughout history.
Weary
of conflicting theories and wary of fair words that when tried in the balance are found wanting, mankind is demanding demonstrable facts in response to the age-old questions as to the identity, origin, and purpose of human life.
Recently
while pondering the teachings of Christian Science as to the unreality of evil, various seemingly contradictory passages from the Bible on this subject came into memory, and the effect to realize their unity of meaning was so helpful that I should like to pass on to others what I gleaned from them.
In a recent issue, under the subheading of "No Substitute for Christianity" a clergyman is reported as saying, "Around us to-day are confused and uncertain voices—Christian Science, spiritualism, theosophy, and other substitutes for Christ and Christianity.
In a recent issue of The Standard there appeared an article entitled, "Hypnotism and Prejudice," in which Christian Science is referred to as a form of suggestion.
In a series of lectures given in Richmond several statements have been made pertaining to Christian Science which were at variance with its actual teachings and which would mislead your readers.
