All denominations which profess the faith of Christ crucified are supposed to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace and in righteousness of life.
It is difficult to reconcile the treatment accorded by the Legislature to the Christian Scientists with the letter and spirit of the Federal Constitution, or with the fundamental theories of government that live in a republic.
Any one attempting to touch upon any phase of the subject of Christian Science and its influence on the world to-day will find himself treading upon ground where many others have walked before; for the question is of vital and compelling interest, as we daily come in contact with its adherents and are forced to doff the hat of respect before the sweeping demonstrations of good over evil; of right, clean living over a false sense of pleasure in sin and its attendant miseries.
In
popular parlance the phrase "a dispensation of Providence" is quite frequently used in commenting on a narrow escape from some apparently impending evil; indeed its use is restricted to such things, as if God suddenly became aware that one or more of His creatures was about to suffer under His law and therefore He must temporarily set this law aside in order to avert a disaster.