In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

It is a pity that the two correspondents who write anonymously in the columns of your issue of recent date do not give their names.

UNLABORED MENTAL WORK

The truths of divine Science are exact and unchangeable, and this fact kept in view is a very present help in time of trouble.

SPIRITUAL VISION

Mrs.

THE WIDOW'S MITE

When Jesus pronounced his commendation of the widow's mite he uttered words destined to be of perennial comfort to those whose offerings seem necessarily diminutive.
One of the greatest blessings which the understanding of Christian Science unfolds to the earnest and faithful student is the positive knowledge that all right endeavor is rewarded, no matter how much opposition there may seem to be.
In commencing the study of Christian Science, and sometimes after one has spent considerable time in the endeavor to grasp its teachings, the suggestion may come to the student that this Science is either hard to understand or that he is not one of the favored few who can understand it and be benefited by it.

THE USE OF A TEXT-BOOK

The dictionary defines a text-book as "a standard work in any branch or course of study.

FROM OUR EXCHANGES

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According to a report in a late issue, the chairman of the Congregational Union Assembly at Pendleton allowed himself, in the course of an address dealing with the ability of Christianity to fulfil the requirements of a world's religion, to express his not very complimentary estimate of the intellectual capacities of Christian Scientists.
While Christian Science is a healing system, it cannot be considered a "school of medicine," but only a religious belief.
The teachings of Christian Science relative to Jesus the Christ, and with respect to his relationship to God, are more satisfactory, reasonable, logical, and practical from the view-point of Christian Scientists, than are those of what is called orthodox theology.
The belief that divine power is sufficient to destroy sin but is not sufficient to destroy sickness is not borne out by the Scriptures.