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semiannual recurrence of the Lesson-Sermon on Substance in "The Christian Science Quarterly," is an unfailing reminder that the first gleam of spiritual light which broke upon the present writer's thought came through Mrs.
Christian Science is not the faltering faith which rests on a blind belief; it is the faith which is an enlightened understanding of God, Spirit, and of man's relationship to Him.
It seems strange that a Christian clergyman who professes to be a follower in the footsteps of the meek and humble Jesus should prefer to devote his time to attacking Christian Science, rather than pointing his hearers to such better means of salvation as he may have to offer.
Christian Science for more than a generation has been calling attention to the fact that God could not have made man out of the dust of the ground, for the reason that God "created man in his own image.
Recently I related in this column the facts about the refusal of a leading life insurance company to issue a policy to a Christian Scientist unless he would agree in case of serious illness to call in a regular physician.
The Christianity that healed the sick in the first century and proved itself a health-giving power, is the Christianity which Christian Science is making operative in the twentieth century.
Under the heading "Spiritualism" in a recent issue, there is a letter in which the writer states that not long ago a series of lectures was given by a Christian Scientist in Paignton, at Deller's café.
