There seems to be an almost irresistible tendency in some quarters to refer to Christian Science in such a way as to intimate that it is not truly scientific, and to try to confuse it with suggestion, hypnotism, and other questionable mental practices.
Christian Science must be accomplishing its healing mission in your community, else why should a medical doctor pay for three and a half columns in which to abuse it and vilify its Founder?
Daniel's
experiences in the den of lions have held the interest of mankind for centuries; but when understood in the light which Christian Science sheds upon them, they are seen to be surcharged with possibilities for present day achievement and demonstration.
As
students of Christian Science we may well desire to gain as clear an insight as is possible into the character of the man who from among all others gained for himself that wondrous title, "The disciple whom Jesus loved.
How frequently the spirit of restful confidence finds expression in the psalmist's references to God as a "rock," as the immovable basis of faith, assurance, and joy! In all the exigencies of temptation and distress this fact is ever recognized as the one sure thing, the eternal refuge.
The statement, "The coroner has started an investigation," has for a long time accompanied the reports of death under Christian Science treatment, especially if the coroner is a medical doctor.
I was much interested in the letter from a contributor to the Post, who did not sign his name, in which he said it was strange that a congregation of intelligent people should be willing to listen to a Sunday service on the subject "Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?