Is it to be supposed that Christian Science parents love their children less than do other parents, or that they would carelessly or wantonly subject them to a treatment which they did not believe could produce results?
Years
ago, in the American church in Constantinople, that grand hymn, "Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war," was sung by the congregation with such a true spirit that it rang out through the streets of Constantinople, and the Mohammedans gathered in knots and listened.
On
one occasion, after returning from a Wednesday evening meeting, there came to me, as never before, a realization of the necessity of obedience to the Golden Rule—to do unto others as I would have them do unto me.
This
brief sketch of a very trying personal experience has been written with the hope that it may prove to be of interest and perhaps helpful to some of the readers of the Christian Science Sentinel.
Our critic's argument that drugs are created by God for man's benefit, seems to be rather faulty in view of the fact that, according to the Gospel record, Christ Jesus, who came to do the will of God, did not use drugs in healing the sick, and did not recommend them to his disciples and followers.
As to our critic's main argument, may I explain, once more, that I have no objection whatever to his applying the word miracle to cases of Christian Science healing, if he will use it in the true sense of the Greek words, so translated, in the New Testament, or even in the sense in which the Latin word was used by the pagan philosophers.
