A contributor, under the caption, "Ideas of a Plain Man," after having stated that "the history of civilization is the story of a long conflict with pain," among other things says, "We have even produced a sect that denies that there is any suffering in this world.
In a reference I have read, in a recent issue, to the speech made by Lord Sandwich at University College, mention is made of Christian Science, which is classed among "methods" which profess to heal by the manipulation of the mind.
If those who indulge in public comment on the subject of Christian Science would only take the trouble to inform themselves as to its teachings and practise, there would be no occasion for complaint, because men have an undoubted right to express their honest opinions concerning differences of belief.
Though
I am not a Christian Scientist, I have recently come into sympathy with the movement through first-hand knowledge, obtained from friends, experiences, and the reading of copies of the Monitor and Sentinel which have been sent to me from time to time.
"When
I first began to study Christian Science," one said recently, "I tried to use it to reclaim that part of the city in which my work appeared to lie, and I did not succeed.
