THERE
has never been a time in the world's history, and certainly not in the history of the Christian Science movement, when men have been stirred to a deeper appreciation of God's protection.
IN
Isaiah we read, "For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
WHAT
a picture the word "cobwebs" presents,—a fragile net stretched across an open space, at the first glance beautiful in its delicacy of workmanship, but on second thought undesirable because contaminating to its surroundings.
In these days of progressive freedom of thought and action we must be prepared to see many ancient customs broken and many cherished notions upset, but the use of a church edifice for a lecturer to attack the religion of a number of your fellow citizens, a purpose obviously not in accord with the teachings of Christ Jesus, inevitably recalls our Master's pointed question, "Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer?
The remarks on Christian Science contributed by a physician and appearing in a recent issue, exhibit such a spirit of tolerance, and such an evident desire to be fair, that they merit my sincere respect, even though I cannot agree with all his conclusions.
Under the caption, "Miracles and Medicine," is a quotation from a sermon which a minister refers to numerous places in the Bible which he claims limit healing to the apostolic age and record God as indorsing medicine, medical treatment, and physicians as the properly authorized channels for healing work.
