In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

No Compromise

Christian Science practitioners sometimes find themselves in a quandary as to what their course of action should be in cases where persons have asked for Christian Science treatment, and then, after this treatment is commenced, display an unwillingness to abandon the medical treatment or the material remedies which they had heretofore relied upon to relieve them of their ills.
Many of your readers will doubtless wonder why a clergyman should apply the adjective "Christless" to Christian Science, a religion which is not only teaching the necessity of returning to primitive Christian healing, but is actually exhibiting the "signs" which Jesus declared should "follow them that believe.
Had our clerical critic attended any of the recent lectures on Christian Science he would doubtless have been impressed by one significant fact, that no other church, denomination, or sect received a word of criticism or abuse throughout these lectures; the charity that "suffereth long, and is kind," and that "envieth not," prevailed.
A clergyman criticizes Christian Science because it teaches that inasmuch as God, Spirit, is All-in-all, matter, Spirit's opposite, is necessarily unreal.
Under the caption "Signs of the Times," a clergyman took occasion to refer to Christian Science and other religious teachings as "travesties upon the Christian religion.
A search of the Scriptures, and especially the life of the Master, will show that works rather than words is the essential characteristic of the religion he founded.
In a communication on the subject of Christian Science recently appearing in your paper, the writer, after saying some kindly things about the importance and truthfulness of the teaching of Christian Science as explained in a lecture given in your city under the auspices of the Monrovia Christian Science church, made objection to Christian Science because it does not in some things agree with his own beliefs.
In a sermon delivered during the Methodist conference and reported in a recent issue of your paper, a clergyman said that he had made a study of Christian Science, and yet he adds, "In the system [Christian Science] there is no Saviour, and no one to be saved.

Obstacles Removed

When a mere boy the writer was given the task of plowing for the first time a field which had been cleared of heavy timber.

"Living witnesses"

On page 150 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mrs.

Gratitude

In Christian Science much stress is laid upon the need of expressing our gratitude.

Value of a Smile

We cannot overestimate the value of the smiles usually seen on the faces of those who are advanced in the understanding of Christian Science, for the smile of a Christian Scientist reveals his recognition in a greater or lesser degree of the ever-presence of God and of man in His image and likeness.