That Christian Science is indeed founded on the Scriptures may be clearly understood from the very first tenet of that faith, which reads : "As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life".
The item "About Christian Science" in a recent number of Echoes, found an alleged inconsistency on the part of Christian Scientists which can be found as easily in the teaching and practice of Christ Jesus.
The
physical healing in Christian Science will always remain a point of contention to non-Scientists, for the simple and sufficient reason that when a man apprehends the Science of healing, he is no longer a non-Scientist.
In
the office where the writer is employed and where a great deal of gold is used, all the sweepings from the floor are saved and placed in a barrel to be sent away to the refiners.
In
the old way of thinking it would have seemed almost fantastic, if not actually irreverent, to think of God as the divine energy, the supreme force that alone accounts for the impetus, productiveness, and fulfilment of the earth; but in Christian Science we learn that all the manifestations of real life are expressions of the presence and activity of the one divine Principle, God.
A question
that invariably comes up for consideration in the departmental work of our Sunday school organization is that of mode of procedure in the instruction of the younger classes.
No
one can know, without having had the experience, what a joyful relief comes to those who through Christian Science treatment have been set free from physical ailments after they have searched in vain for healing through material methods.