The attempt to belittle the efforts of Christian Scientists because the results of their practice are not always instantaneous will not find a very hearty response in the minds of just and tolerant readers.
When the Master of Christianity declared, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing," he evidently meant that the only thing which gives life and existence to creation is Spirit, and that the flesh, which means the physical or material in contradistinction to the spiritual, is altogether unprofitable.
Whenever knowledge of any science is accurate and exact, then we find absolute agreement among all faithful students of the subject; but such uniformity of thought and action cannot rightly be attributed to the following of any personal leader, for it is the unity of the subject-study that produces unity among its students.
Many
a beginner in Christian Science finds it difficult to grasp the conception of the infinity of Life, Truth, and Love; in other words, the conception of the allness of God.
How
can we at this period, as students of Christian Science, answer a few questions that must necessarily arise in the thoughts of all wide-awake, active, loyal workers in our beloved Cause?
Christian Scientists
are growing so rapidly in numbers that their influence in the affairs of government should be recognized as a power for good and a support for civic righteousness.
The
writer is in receipt of a list of questions which practically cover the entire problem of human existence and destiny, but he could only refer the questioner to the Christian Science text-book for his answers.
