In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

SUBSTANCE

There is perhaps no aspect of the teaching of Christian Science which departs more from the commonly accepted opinions of the world to-day than its teaching with regard to the nature of "substance.

THE FIRST REQUISITE

It is sometimes said, "How is it possible that Christian Science should do the marvelous things which are claimed for it?

THE THORN IN THE FLESH

Christian Science heals the ills of the flesh by recognizing that the cause of every disease is mental and that the law of divine Mind destroys it.

FROM OUR EXCHANGES

[Prof.
In a recent issue appears a report of the convention of Christian churches, in which a clergyman is quoted as saying, "There is not one good thing in Christian Science that does not come from Christ.
This sentiment, expressed by you in a recent editorial concerning Christian Science, impressed me very much: "Omnipotence does not admit of failure.
If one does not believe in or acknowledge the Christ, of course no science nor anything else can, by such an one, be considered of Christthat is, Christian.
That argument by proof-texts is futile, is not my opinion alone and that of the Church Times; it is the opinion of the thinking world.
Christian Science is based upon the Scriptural teaching of God and the Scriptural affirmation concerning His creation.
Christian Science is founded upon divine Principle—this Principle is God—God understood.
Christian Science denies the existence of sin and disease in the sense of their being any part of God's "very good" creation.
A careful reader of your symposium on the subject of drugless healing of the sick, which appeared in a recent issue, must have noticed that nearly all of the contributors, every one of whom was a clergyman, took occasion to make some disparaging comment on Christian Science.