It
is often asked by those becoming interested in Christian Science, why so much emphasis is laid on the healing of sickness, and why so much time and thought are given to what seems to be the merely temporal and material needs of humanity.
Much
of the sense of lack of time complained of by Christian Scientists, as well as by those who are not Christian Scientists, could be overcome by gaining a better understanding of what God really demands of them.
As we read in the Bible the history of human advancement, the long story of men and nations, we find these cheering words of Joshua to his compatriots: "One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord Your God, he it is that fighteth for you.
A few things need to be said, briefly, with respect to several quotations in a recent issue of your paper, in which the name of Christian Science was associated with conceptions entirely contrary to its teachings.
In an item in a recent issue the statement is made that the "Brahmins held to the doctrine that there is but one being in the universe, and that is the universe itself.
A writer in a recent issue calls attention to Christian Science, and I think the following may clear up some points with regard to it which trouble him.
The very ably written article entitled "Old Ills and New Remedies," which appeared in a recent issue, certainly gives a vivid picture of the many and varied devices to which mankind has recourse with a view to obtaining relief from various ills.
