Among the many misconceptions as to Christian Science is the absurd and unwarranted idea that its adherents ignore sickness, suffering, and poverty as unreal, and that consequently they do not believe in philanthropy.
We would respectfully call the attention of our critic to the fact that his challenge is exactly the same in nature as the one which Satan presented to our Lord in the ancient days, and we believe our critic on due consideration will justify the assumption that it came from the same source; but that, unlike the Master, he has accepted it instead of spurning it, although it merits the same answer, namely, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
A traveling
man who is a student of Christian Science, visited a certain city at almost regular intervals, and when in his room at the hotel seldom locked the door thereto except at night.
I have
in mind the picture of a Christian Science home where I love to go when I feel the need of being renewed in spirit, as did the Master when he went up into the mountain to pray.
The
Bible has undoubtedly been reverently studied and greatly appreciated by many earnest seekers after truth, but it was a closed book to the writer before she came into contact with Christian Science.
Christian Science does not deny the existence of pain under the human laws of disease and of sin to which mortals are usually subject; but Christian Science does maintain and prove by practical results that the apostle Paul made no mistake when he said: "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
