A Materialistic
concept of perfection finds humorous expression in the words of Josh Billings: "If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
In a recent issue I find mention of a religious meeting at which one of the speakers took occasion gratuitously to criticize Christian Science, stating, "No, sir; I don't believe in any of that stuff.
Christian Science stands for the scientific elucidation and explanation of primitive Christianity, and adheres to the divine law of life inaugurated by the Master.
In the course of events, when critics had about exhausted the epithets at their command and it was still desired to continue "calling names," it occurred to some one to apply the words "modern witchcraft" to Christian Science, but unfortunately for the one who chose the epithet, as well as for those who borrowed it, it does not in any sense apply to Christian Science.
While
meditating recently upon the familiar statement that as a man thinketh "so is he," a little occurrence of several years ago came into my mind, as if to help me to a better understanding of both the immediate and far-reaching import of the foregoing words.
Christian Scientists
who formerly belonged to some one of the other religious denominations, or to the unorganized body of unbelievers, speak and think of the time when they "came into Science" as the great turning-point in their lives.
