A recent issue contained statements by an evangelist in regard to Christian Science, one of which characterized this teaching as a leech and a parasite upon Christianity.
Now that the discussion of Christian Science by Doctor—,under the caption "Jews and Christian Science," which began in the January issue, has been brought to a close, I should appreciate an opportunity to point out some of the misapprehensions regarding the religion under consideration which are created by the article.
Those
who know nothing of Christian Science and who make no effort to know anything about it, sometimes offer the plea, "But I do not understand how these things can be; I cannot believe that they are true.
Individuals
who are beginning the study of Christian Science not infrequently find difficulty in reconciling the presence of sin and evil in the world with the creation of a perfect man and a perfect universe by an infinitely good God, and they generally want to be informed as to where and how evil originated and how the originally perfect man fell from his state of created perfection.
During
one of my favorite rambles in a picturesque part of the country where I live, I was contemplating the beauties of nature, all the more enhanced as viewed in the light of Christian Science, when from a short distance away there came cries, as if from a child in distress.
A writer in a recent Register-Leader "Signs of the Times" shows a lack of understanding of the subject of Christian Science, for nothing could be farther from the truth than the charge that Christian Science is a "mental narcotic," which "narcotizes the conscience and puts it to sleep;" rather does Christian Science quicken the spiritual perception and moral sensibilities of mankind.
