A surplus
of one hundred and twenty-five dollars having accumulated in the general fund of our Sunday School, the thought occurred that it be transferred to our local church building fund; but upon remembering that the Mother Church Building Fund was still incomplete, we knew our first love and duty were due the latter, and we have accordingly sent a draft for the above amount to Mr.
When
we hope to learn something without seriously disturbing our present beliefs, or when we refuse to investigate carefully because we think our meagre research has shown us the fallacy of the subject under consideration, then we are apt to stagnate, and there can be no progress.
Clarence A. Buskirk
with contributions from Ruskin
Christian Scientists gladly recognize that a large majority of the medical profession are good and intelligent men; but they look upon materia medica as based on materialism, knowing nothing of God in its doctrine and practice; that it deals with man as an animal rather than an immortal spiritual being; that it doctors effects and secondary causes; that it is empirical and not scientific, frequently changing its practices and theories; that it is on a false basis, since it ignores God and man's spiritual and immortal being.
