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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.
In the report of a sermon by an evangelist is found a reference to Christian Science which misrepresents its teachings regarding the nature of sin, and by implication imputes to it a method of dealing with sin which is entirely foreign to it.
A summary of what our critic had to say would tend to make God responsible for evil as well as good,—a kind of logic which the Scriptures declare to be a "house divided against itself.
A clergyman in his farewell sermon is reported as declaring that "that which is neither Christian nor scientific ought not to be encouraged, even though it be called Christian Science.
In a recent editorial entitled "To Charm Business," the reference to Christian Science may have led some readers to believe that this Science is a mortally mental method by which one may get what he wants, no matter how selfish that want may be.
In a criticism of Christian Science which appeared in a recent issue, the statement was made that Christian Scientists "have substituted a human philosophy for religion,—a philosophy which is cold, without soul or heart-throb.
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discovery of Christian Science brought to our Leader the vision of a demonstrable religion, a church that should stand for salvation from sickness as well as from sin; and for many years the world has witnessed the outward and tangible proof of her inwardly perceived ideal.
