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is sometimes assumed that Christian Scientists are oblivious of, or indifferent to, certain deplorable conditions which appear in the present state of society, because they do not use the methods commonly employed to suppress or eradicate these specific phases of evil.
Christian Scientists
are not engaged in building up a material sense of existence, nor in governing their affairs according to material standards, but rather are they concerned in learning the spiritual meaning of all that pertains to their well-being.
One danger attending the conception of a morally bankrupt world is that the churches are led to attach too little importance to what the world thinks about their doings.
Christian Scientists stand unequivocally upon the Scriptures and affirm without fear of successful contradiction that the religion of Jesus Christ as practised by him and by his disciples included Christian healing as a vital and fundamental part of its practical demonstration.
Your issue of late date contained a discussion that appeared in an insurance magazine of the desirability of Christian Scientists as life insurance risks, the basis of the question being that they do not employ drugs or medical attendance in case of illness.
If there is nothing vital and sustaining in the new doctrine; if it is indeed fraudulent, deceptive, and mercenary, it will eventually pass away to be numbered with the million religions that have arisen, flourished for a brief space, and finally dropped into oblivion.
People generally believe that death is the gateway to immortality, but Christian Science teaches that immortality is attained not through dying, but by gaining an understanding of God as the life of man.
