You were kind enough to find space in a recent issue for a letter of mine dealing with one or two points raised in a review in the Observer of earlier date.
In
the fifth chapter of Matthew, which gives a portion of the Sermon on the Mount, the last verse reads: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
In
the sixth chapter of John's gospel we find it recorded that many of the disciples of Jesus "went back, and walked no more with him," and that when Jesus asked of the twelve, "Will ye also go away?
In
the third chapter of Exodus we read: "And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
The
teaching of Christian Science, that disease is not real, is not always hospitably received, even in quarters where it is most needed; yet it is the best friend of the sick, for it offers them the only means of escape.
In the review of certain books in a recent issue, the statement is made that Christian Science "is founded upon theories over which philosophers have quarreled for ages," namely, the theories relating to the "construction of mind and matter and their relation to each other.
Faith without works has ever cried "devil" at proof of faith through works; as, for instance, when Jesus was proving the power of spiritual law to reform the sinner and heal the sick, he was charged with casting out devils through Beelzebub.
The comment in a recent issue, in which the legislature was praised for refusing to outlaw different schools of healing, is endorsed by all liberty-loving citizens.
