To those who have for years depended upon an appeal to material remedies for relief the thought seems reasonable that the body should be doctored if it is sick.
Christian Scientists
are sometimes charged with inconsistency in citing cases of healing to prove the validity of their position; since, it is alleged, evidence of this description must be obtained by consulting the physical sense, whose reliability the teaching of Christian Science denies.
There
are probably few readers of the Bible who have not paused, on reading the incident of Jesus and the sinful woman, to wonder as to what he wrote on the ground in reply to her accusers.
with contributions from M. E. Winslow, Caroline W. Frame, Annie Louise Robertson, Annie M. Knott, Adam H. Dickey, Ellen Neale
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following letters are expressive of the great interest felt by Christian Scientists in the improvement of the streets of Concord, as suggested by Mrs.
One of the preachers over in Northampton got into a newspaper discussion with the official press representative of the Christian Science denomination, and after the minister had written columns and columns defending his stand, he got mad and practically called the representative of the Scientists a liar and a fool.
No one who has ever attended a Christian Science church, or come into contact with Christian Scientists, will deny the spiritual quickening taught by Christian Science.
Any religious teaching which tries to bring heaven to us now; which is teaching us to be thoughtful of others; to bring happiness and to do good; to dispense in our daily lives sunshine and gladness, and to love our neighbor in the way the Master commanded us to do; and which is based absolutely upon the simple and sublime teachings of Jesus Christ, cannot be rightly termed false teaching.
It is not unusual in these days to read in modern medical magazines discussions on such subjects as "suggestive therapeutics," "faith-healing," "mesmerism," etc.
After
identifying ourselves with the Cause of Christian Science, one of the many things that we have to learn is the significance of the question of giving, and that it is largely a question of education.