A clergyman in his lectures on "Christian Science," reported in recent issues of your paper said that "people could not accept the teaching of Christian Science and be loyal to our Lord.
There is no particular need of urging mankind to seek after knowledge, as that has been the chief occupation of humanity since the beginning of time; but because it has mistaken material knowledge for true enlightenment, its search, in proportion to its success, has been very logically rewarded with the cumulated evil effects of materialistic knowledge.
The
steady and gradual development of spiritual understanding as it unfolds in the thought of the writers of Scripture appears very clearly to the student awakened to the practical import of the Bible.
Sooner
or later the earnest student of Christian Science comes up against what on careful and honest examination is seen to be a false sense of pride or fear of being laughed at.
The
strong statement made by Christ Jesus, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," brings joy to every student of Christian Science.
One
modern dictionary gives this definition of gratitude: "An emotion excited by the possession or prospect of some good, that will give joy or make glad.
A canon in his sermon, as reported in the Chronicle, speaks of what he regards as the differences between the teaching of Christian Science and of the orthodox church.
