The one important reason for a genuine unity of Christians is expressed by Christ himself when he prayed for his disciples, "that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.
In asking that they be given control of the issuance, or refusal to issue, of Christian Science certificates to heal the medical doctors have not professed to know much about prayer.
Since the McMullen bill to prohibit Christian Science healing in Nebraska has been pending in the Senate, having first passed the House, there have been many protests received against its favorable consideration.
Lady Victoria Murray, First Reader of the newly erected church in Victoria Park, Manchester, forwards us the following letter, which is sufficiently lucid to speak for itself:—
The
statement that a Christian Scientist's religion is applicable to the every-day affairs of the business man, usually arouses, in the minds of those not possessing an understanding of this Science, opposition varying from incredulity to downright condemnation of such a course as being a sacrilegious desecration of sacred things for money-getting.
Try to follow Jesus Christ, not because you believe exactly as your father believed, but because you want to live a good life according to your lights.
If
I had any idea that the general government was so administered that the liberty of conscience was endangered, I pray you be assured that no man would be more willing than myself to revise and alter that part of it, so as to avoid all religious persecutions.
