The sermon on the effect of the war on religion, as reported in your paper, contains the following sentence: "Christian Science has provided nothing for the soldiers.
In reply to a letter in a recent issue, permit me to point out that if healing as Jesus taught and practised it had depended upon his personal presence and influence, it would necessarily have ceased in the year thirty-three; but we have abundant proof that it did not cease then.
In a report of the sermon of an evangelist at Port Carbon, reference is made to Christian Science as being a "new-fangled gospel," on which I would ask the courtesy of brief comment.
The Philadelphia Press in its usual Saturday discussion of the International Sunday School Lessons recently made some interesting comments on the subject of healing as set forth in the ninth chapter of Acts, and as the views expressed therein are far in advance of those more commonly given out in explanation of these so-called miracles, we are glad to republish the article in full.
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the student of Christian Science advances, hundreds of incidents that before were heedlessly passed over now show forth distinet lessons, and to illustrate some point in his argument he is likely to find himself referring to this or that happening.
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of the earliest and ablest of the secretaries of state of the Union, in explaining the word of which we hear so much in these momentous times, says, "The state of neutrality recognizes the cause of both parties to the contest as just—that is, it avoids all consideration of the merits of the contest.
