Christian Scientists can agree with our critic in her reminder that "Christianity is not a religion of theory or of opinion, but a religion the essentials of which are historical facts, incontrovertibly attested as any other facts of history.
No Christian Scientist would presume to criticize the clergyman for disbelieving in Christian Science, or for his preference for material means of treating diseases, but his statement that the practice of Christian Science is "precarious and morally dangerous," made somewhat indirectly, is not only exceedingly unjust, but impossible of proof.
It is a sad commentary on the progress of avowed Christian sects that the barrenness of their efforts leads their ministers to occupy their time so largely in attacking other religious movements.
It has probably been a very great asset of Christian Science that the medical world assailed it so far as to try to prevent its practice for the healing of disease.
That
inspired sentence, "Whatever holds human thought in line with unselfed love, receives directly the divine power," is from the pen of Mary Baker Eddy, and may be found on page 192 of the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
A large
proportion of the discontent, worry, in a word unhappiness in the world, comes from fearing the future or regretting the past; therefore it comes from that which is provably unreal.
On
the wall space of a certain Christian Science Sunday school room wherein temporaily are held also the church services, there is transcribed with excellently planned and loving foresight for its application, the question that Jesus in Gethsemane asked of Peter and those with him who were found sleeping: "Could ye not watch with me one hour?
In
the account of the temptation of Jesus as given in the fourth chapter of Matthew, is to be recognized an epitome of the temptations common to all believers in the reality and continuity of time.
Our
Leader was for many years deeply impressed with the thought that the Christian Science movement should have places where people suffering from ills of various sorts could retire for treatment, rest, and recuperation.
