It
was a profound even if obvious truth voiced by the youthful Bryant in the opening lines of "Thanatopsis," which he sent, unsigned, to the North American Review now nearly a century ago:—
Christian Science is no creed or religious belief; it is not human opinion, but deals with revealed truth, demonstrable truth, as found in Scripture, and this fact is proven by the results attained when Christian Science is put to the practical test of healing sickness and sin.
Christian Science conceives of God as infinite personality, but it eschews the idea of applying to Deity the term "personal" in the commonly accepted or finite and corporeal sense.
In a recent issue of the News it was stated that a clergyman addressed the Physicians' Lunch Club, "declaring that physicians and ministers must get together in a campaign to check the growth of Christian Science.
What does "the higher tribunal of public opinion" have to say about the thousands of deaths from consumption which occur annually under medical treatment?
In the course of remarks in a recent sermon Dean Welldon is reported to have expressed his regret that Christian Science should concern itself only with the healing of sickness, and not with the healing of sin.
A recent issue publishes a letter by one who criticizes my statement that "one is saved by understanding 'the image' of God and conforming his life thereto.
