William H. Taft
with contributions from P. C. Knox
The
season of the year returned when, in accordance with the reverent custom established by our forefathers, the people of the United States are wont to meet in their usual places of worship on a day of thanksgiving appointed by the civil magistrate to return thanks to God for the great mercies and benefits which they enjoyed.
Our ministerial critic generously admits that Christian Science has done good in awakening those spiritually listless to a more earnest study of their Bibles, in making people more unselfish and cheerful, and in curing "a limited number of functional troubles.
It should not be a cause for displeasure to any honest "truth seeker" that there is a truth which, properly understood, will and does make free—free from worry, anxiety, and fear; free from want, disease, and despair; free from lack and limitation; wholly and practically free.
Healing in Christian Science is the attempt to demonstrate in the world today the practical effects of grasping the meaning of that great saying of Christ Jesus, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
In their efforts to benefit humanity Christian Scientists are impelled by very much the same motives that actuate their brethren of other religious denominations.
