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the business world we sometimes see an honest, conscientious Christian man trying hard to do a fair business and make a living, and we see him jostled, crowded, and finally defeated by some overpowering monopoly.
May I be allowed to correct the false impression of Christian Science conveyed in a critic's remark that "one need not be a Christian Scientist to know that a man with a strong effort of will can stave off a cold or influenza.
Personally I have had some experience with Christian Science,—enough, at any rate, to know that it has no connection whatsoever with the species of mesmerism or aggressive mental suggestion described in your editorial as related to it.
The implication that Christian Science teaches the ignoring of sin, and that this would mean the indulgence of it, must arise from grave misunderstanding of what Christian Science really does teach concerning sin.
Instead of Christian Science denying that the Bible is inspired, it makes the spiritual truths contained in this Book of books the fundamental basis of its teaching.
Christian Scientists recognize that their one supreme endeavor should be to lessen the sum total of human misery, want, and woe, and they well know that this can be accomplished only through an exact, scientific knowledge of God and His divine Christ.
