"Four of us lieutenants in the United States Army read the Lesson-Sermon together this Sunday morning, in the quiet of a stateroom on a ship on the Atlantic Ocean.
It is true that the teachings of Christian Science in relation to Jesus the Christ differ from the views entertained by dogmatic theology, but it is not true that these teachings are "diametrically opposed to Bible truths," as was alleged in a reported sermon.
The gentleman from Buffalo who appears so frequently as an antagonist of the teachings of Christian Science takes occasion in a recent letter to recite from the gospels a goodly number of instances where Christ Jesus healed the sick of divers ills.
The uncomplimentary manner is which our ministerial friend makes reference to Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, does not pass the notice of the reader who is familiar with her teaching, without recalling to mind the contrast between the reference as reported in this sermon and that made by Mrs.
Various
narratives in the Scriptures illustrate the fact that to trust in human or personal strength is to produce a temporary sense of estrangement from God.
The
writer was born and raised on a farm a few miles from town, and when attending high school he would stay in town from Monday morning until Friday evening.
In the sixth chapter of his letter to the Ephesians, Paul outlines the different parts of the armor necessary for a thorough equipment of protection and defense against evil: "For," he says, "we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
