As we write these words there rises before the mental vision a long line of seers, reformers, discoverers, who were regarded as madmen by one generation, and hailed as saints and heroes by the next.
The sense in which Christian Science maintains and proves that our sense perceptions are unreal is in the sense of their being unreliable, passing, and unenduring; not that they do not seem real to us.
It is surely about time that intelligent men and women gave up repeating the catch-phrase that Christian Science is neither Christian nor scientific; and if they will not, that ably conducted papers gave up reporting them.
The
spiritual analogies suggested by a lighthouse have appealed to many minds—its rock foundation, the great strength needed in its construction, the means used that the light shall be always of the best obtainable strength and quality, the reliability of character necessary for a lighthouse keeper,—these, and other facts, are of more than ordinary interest from a mental standpoint.
It
would seem that Thackeray was looking directly at little children and was endeavoring to paint a picture of their happy, beaming faces when he wrote, "What indeed does not that word cheerfulness imply?
The
Scriptures enjoin upon all seekers of righteousness the necessity of confessing their errors and sins; not as an arbitrary formality to be observed as ritual, but because the acknowledgment of our faults and mistake is one of the most effectual means of correcting them, and of removing their effects on ourselves and others.
It
is very desirable that all who join the Church of Christ, Scientist, whether it be The Mother Church or one of its branches, should be thoroughly familiar with the object for which this church was founded, as set forth in the "Historical Sketch" in the Manual namely, "To organize a church designed to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing".
Christian Science teaches the recognition of the need of practically and effectually coping with sin, sickness, and death, the disturbers of the peace and harmony of mankind.
