In
order to progress in any line of work one must first have a firm conviction of the desirability of that for which he is striving, a conviction strong enough to keep him working persistently, to lead him to meet obstacles bravely and overcome discouragement cheerfully.
Why
were such tight little rosebuds sent for decoration, I wondered, as I looked at the slender points of red which dotted a bunch of white flowers at the Sunday morning service.
The
vast number of material remedies proposed as cures for the ills of mankind, and the many material antidotes in use which are relied on to destroy disease, enable any one to realize that at the time Christian Science was discovered, healing by spiritual means was practically lost to the world.
A necessary
part of the constructive work of the demonstrating Scientist is the uncovering of error, for an adversary unseen is often an adversary unsuspected and therefore unopposed.
The person who starts with the premise that divine Principle, Love, is the one and only cause, will if consistent inevitably arrive at the conclusion that there can be no effect from any other cause.
In a somewhat extended article signed "Hippocrates," the author states: "After a quarter of a century of earnest inquiry and following up rumors and reports, I have never been able to discover a solitary instance of a Christian Science cure that could not be traced to mental suggestion.
The sermon of the clergyman recently reported in the News on "Christian Science Wrongly So Called," displays such a fund of knowledge of things that are not so about Christian Science, that a correction is in order.
The recent attack of a local clergyman on Christian Science differed from his others chiefly by reason of the fact that it was delivered to an audience of fellow preachers.
The
editor of a well-known American periodical recently favored his readers with a lengthy editorial on the subject, "Why I am not a Christian Scientist.
