To the bystander witnessing the periodical "flaying" of Christian Science on the part of its clerical and other opponents,—for the most part the clerical,—the enduring vitality of the victim must seem at least remarkable.
It would be difficult more perfectly to state the secret of Christ Jesus' power than did the chief priests when they said of him, "He trusted in God;" nor could words, contemptuously spoken as these were, better expose the materialism of the carnal mind, which it was the purpose of Jesus' trust in God to destroy but which the priests had no intention of surrendering.
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thinking over the many blessings for which we as Christian Scientists have occasion to be grateful, the understanding which has come in regard to little children is prominent in the writer's thought.
[We are privileged in being able, through the courtesy of the writer of the following letter and the one to whom it was addressed, to present to our readers this confirmatory testimony of the sustaining power of Truth experienced by those who even in the midst of seeming dangers rely upon omnipotence.
"True to Christian Science, He Dies Barring Doctors," is the way a headline reads in one of our morning contemporaries, and then the story is told of how Professor Bement might have had medical attendance in his last illness if he had permitted it.
