It
sometimes seems very discouraging to one who is trying to live in accordance with Christian Science, to have friends or relatives criticize his motives and actions unjustly.
Years
ago, when the writer was very young in Christian Science, an inquirer once said to her, "When the people at the Christian Science testimony meetings testify as to their healing, they so often say that they are grateful not only for their healing, but even more so for the spiritual uplifting.
When
one first takes up earnestly the study of Christian Science, turning to divine Love only after having exhausted all known material methods in an endeavor to regain physical health, to overcome an enslaving appetite or a besetting sin,—in other words, in his endeavor to gain spirituality, his experiences will be somewhat analogous to those encountered in the erection of a material building.
In
the book of Revelation, following a vivid description of the twelve gates of Jerusalem, we read, "And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
In a series of lectures given in Wabash, statements have been made pertaining to Christian Science that are in many cases, especially the quotations reported in your paper, serious misrepresentations of the teachings of Christian Science.
When
one has entered into the joy of studying Christian Science, incidents that perhaps seemed unimportant and which sometimes passed unnoticed, stand out and point very helpful lessons when viewed metaphysically.
It
is hardly possible to find a man or woman who has not always looked upon sin as a temptation to be resisted or to which the person might yield; but without a knowledge of Christian Science how few admit that disease is a temptation.
