In a recent issue a clergyman, who discussed "The End of the Age and How to Meet It," makes reference to Christian Science and forms of theosophy and Buddhism, with the same lack of warrant that is found in the implication that Christian Science has gained its hold in the world through "woman's susceptibility.
Now that the Boston Herald and Journal has reviewed a book containing an attempt by a doctor of divinity to discredit Christian Science healing, I wish to offer a brief comment and a pertinent quotation from a clergyman whose attitude toward Christian Science is more intelligent.
The
great truth of the Biblical declaration, "Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge," was brought vividly home to me on two recent occasions.
At
a time when our Government is making what are undeniably just demands upon its citizens in the way of curtailing and revising their daily expenditures, especially in the way of food, it might be well for us to determine the spiritual significance of these demands and their relation to individual growth.
The
demonstration of unity rests upon the recognition of one Mind governing the universe in absolute harmony, law, and order; in according to God all that belongs to Him who is able to maintain it in "beauty, grandeur, order," to quote the poet's words.
One
morning, from the topmost window of a city apartment, looking out into the open sky, I could see but two clouds—one small, luminous, and golden, radiant with the beauty of the morning; the other, dark, heavy, and unattractively spread out.