A critic objects to the practice of charging a moderate price for the time spent directly for others in the redemptive work of Christian Science, and says in support of this objection, "We have no record of the Divine teacher accepting the slightest remuneration for what he wrought or taught.
The problem of human life and man's relation to his Creator has certainly been an enigma to thinking men in all ages, and it is generally conceded that what appears to be perfectly rational to one section of the community often seems quite incredible to another.
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Christian Scientists maintain, and rightly so, that the Master's command to heal the sick is just as binding now as it was when given, it is well to remember that his command to preach the gospel has lost none of its force, and is also just as binding upon his followers to-day as in the past.
A Christian minister ought to know how to teach the way in which spiritual truth can find its material embodiment in home life, in social life, in business methods, and in commercial transactions; and also in national affairs and in international relations.
In the fatherhood of God and the sonship of Christ, Christian Scientists find a basis for the brotherhood of man, and they maintain with Paul that Christians are joint-heirs with Jesus Christ, and with John that "now are we the sons of God.
The critic lays down the proposition that "the acceptance of Truth from another's vision is a species of hypnotism," and then proceeds to say that Christian Scientists are hypnotized because they daily read Science and Health.
As a student of the sect for fifteen years, I must say in all candor that I feel drawn more to the Christian Scientists than to any other body of professed Christians, for the following reason:—
Would it be fair in assume that an orthodox church was unsound in its teachings because some of its members failed to conform to the tenets of that church and did not live the life of an orthodox Christian?