In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

If a person having no knowledge of the rules of mathematics were occasionally to read a textbook on algebra during a period of twenty-five years and never solve a problem, his remarks on the subject would hardly be regarded seriously, much less be accepted as authoritative.
A clergyman's high estimate of material methods in combating disease, as reported in the Times some time ago, discloses a sufficient justification for the closing of his church, because the church service was not essential in a time of need.
In order to understand the true meaning of the Bible it must be interpreted spiritually, since it was written from the spiritual standpoint.
No one realizes more keenly than the student of Christian Science what a loss the English speaking portions of the world had suffered from the fact that the greatest treasure house of drama, poetry, prose, and spiritual teaching in the language, or in any language, that is, the Old Testament, had become almost a sealed book, owing to the lack of that true understanding which conveys to the reader its vitality and power.

"Making wise the simple"

When Solomon prayerfully asked for wisdom instead of riches, he gained not only what he desired but such an abundance of material wealth that for centuries he was considered one of the world's richest men.

Mount of Gilead

In reading the story of the life of Jacob, which actually seemed entirely new to me—since if I had ever read it before, it had long ago been forgotten—a lesson was learned and vain contemplation of the future was lost in the thought of eternal life as demonstrated by the Master.

No Opposition to Truth

On looking back over the early years of the study of Christian Science, one is struck with the change in the mental attitude toward many of the snares and pitfalls encountered by the beginner.

The Mandate of Mind

In the second chapter of Genesis we read: "These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

God First

It has been truly said that "the battle of our life is won and heaven begun when we can say 'Thy will be done,' " and when indeed we can assert with an honest sense of self-surrender, "Father, Thy will be done; I am weary of my own," we can perhaps have some realization of what Jesus knew in all its completeness when he said, "I and my Father are one.
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"The latest Sentinel you sent me gave me much to ponder.
In an article entitled "Talks on Health," under the heading "A Worrying Disposition," the writer, in coupling Christian Science with will power, suggestion, and mesmierism, shows a lack of understanding as to what Christian Science really is.