The beliefs of Pastor—are so fundamentally different from Christian Science that he could hardly be expected to speak of it accurately, but his sermon on this subject which you published recently, was not fair even to himself, for it put him in the position of speaking in an oracular manner without insight or appreciation.
One
can but realize, after a patient and earnest study of Christian Science, that a dominant asset to the seeker after Truth is gladness, a gladness which the most alluring earthly pleasures can never bestow.
It
has been wisely said that the first test of a great man is his humility, but humility has for students of Christian Science a deeper significance than this; it assumes for them a wider and fuller meaning than the world usually gives it.
Perhaps
one of the most seemingly paradoxical statements which have ever puzzled the earnest Bible student is this: "Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
In justice to Christian Science and a misinformed public, permit me to state that the attack on the Christian Science bill, referred to in a recent issue, was wholly unwarranted, for the reason that not once in the forty years during which Christian Science has been practised in New York state has a Christian Scientist been found guilty of contributing to an epidemic of disease, Assemblyman Hinman's charges notwithstanding.
The kind words which a critic adds to my answer of his criticism, encourage me to draw the attention of your readers once more to the subject of Christian Science.
The notion that Christian Science is based on suggestion could be held only by those who are misinformed or uninformed as to what Christian Science teaches, because Christian Science is the opposite of suggestion.
