In reply to a letter in The Shetland Times, I would like to state that the students of Christian Science have no wish to disturb those who are fully satisfied with their present understanding of the Scriptures, and who find the teachings of the church to which they belong satisfying alike to their heart and their reason.
If it be true, as an evangelist in his criticism said at Atlantic City, that he does not understand "any two consecutive paragraphs of 'Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,'" the Christian Science and Health gentleman's own statement would exclude him from consideration as a qualified critic of the teachings of this book.
That
Christian Science is a practical religion for men in business and one which they can demonstrate and prove, has been fully tested recently by the writer.
Christian Science
was first presented to me many years ago in Boston, by a friend who was reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
An
article in the Sentinel of May 22, 1915 on "Our Church Singing," impels me in a spirit of kindly criticism to say a few words with reference to the pipe-organ as it relates to our congregational singing.
Christian Science recognizes that mortals suffer from sin, disease, and death; the large part which it has played in overcoming this baneful triad in the lives of thousands of people is proof that it is not indifferent to the happiness or misery of human existence.
In an article entitled "The War and Christianity," which appeared in the Portsmouth Times, the writer expressed the conviction that pain and misery are sent by God and inevitable.
