With the unlimited opportunities to know exactly what Christian Science teaches, statements which are at utter variance to the facts can but place the speaker in an embarrassing position before an intelligent public.
The writer of the letter on "The New Theology" went out of his way quite unnecessarily to explain that Christian Science is "neither Christianity nor science.
With too many persons, the consciousness of present blessings is ever overcast with clouds of fear respecting what the future may have in store for them.
The
Master said to his disciples, "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth.
Early
in the Christian centuries what has sometimes been referred to as "the worship of sorrow" began to be given prominence, and the trend was toward teachings concerning death, —the cross and the sufferings of Jesus, — notwithstanding the words of Christ Jesus himself concerning life and joy, his wonderful promises regarding death, and his own overcoming of the grave.
As a loud-sounding herald of civilization momentarily startles the browsing denizens of the wilds, so the first appearing of a Christian Science church building in a community often proves a source of surprise and astonishment to the outside world, since no appeal to the public and no pulpit chiding have heralded its coming.
