A Friend
remarked to the writer a short time ago, when arrangements were being made for a Christian Science lecture, "I was just saying to my wife that one thing which characterizes you Christian Scientists is that you do not hesitate to go to considerable expense for the sake of your religion.
In
these days, when the rapid growth of the Christian Science movement is the subject of comment throughout the civilized world, it is a good thing for the individual Scientist to think frequently of the reason for the existence of the organization, and to ask himself whether he is doing his full part toward the accomplishment of the purpose expressed in these words of our revered Leader: "To organize a church designed to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing".
The article from the Transvaal Leader which appeared in a recent issue, entitled "Prayer and the Sick," may be regarded as a sign of the times, and is a welcome indication of the change which is taking place in the thoughts of mankind.
