One
of the greatest gifts of Christian Science is the opportunity it offers for service, the added ability to help one's fellow men, for such is truly service to God.
Many
who have turned to Christian Science and secured the assistance of some one who, as they think, has gained a better understanding of its teachings, are confronted sometimes, when the visible sign of physical betterment seems long delayed, by the question whether Christian Science really offers the means for deliverance from all the evils to which mortals are subject.
Every
voluntary association of persons that desires permanency must be so organized and governed as to possess the character and qualities of order, system, and cohesion.
In
the twelfth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles is chronicled a remarkable incident, that of Peter's imprisonment and the manner in which he was released.
Those
who have come to Christian Science for physical healing and have received the relief they sought, are apt to feel that since that which seemed to be their chief difficulty has been met, the rest of the way will be smooth and easy going.
In an issue of the Western Colorado Evangel appeared an article entitled "True Science and Christian Science," in which materia medica was extolled as the true science which saves mankind from disease and death, while Christian Science, which teaches reliance on God alone for healing the sick, was scoffed at.
Christian Scientists, like their predecessors in the realm of religious discovery and righteous endeavor to promote man's moral and spiritual welfare, have had their full share of ridicule, slander, and vilification.
In a recent issue of your esteemed paper there appeared the following: "Since Christian Science and other cults claim the power of healing, its teachers take the place of the professional healers.
Christian Science has stimulated the reading of the Bible, and has created a desire for a more complete and demonstrable understanding of this holy book to a degree far beyond that of any other contemporaneous religious movement.
