with contributions from William B. Johnson, E. E. C.
The
singing of the first hymn was followed by the reading of the Governor's Thanksgiving proclamation, that of the President having been read the Sunday previous.
A belief—or opinion—that the Bible is the Word of God, even though it take the extreme view of absolute verbal inspiration, may co-exist with utter moral infidelity.
No one disputes the right of Wagner to his style of music; no one accuses Martin Luther or John Wesley of "lifting ideas" from the Bible or from other teachers of Christianity; no one worries over the fact that the Druids, five hundred years before Christ, stated that God was Love; and yet because Mrs.
Christian Scientists believe that it is not Jesus' death, but Jesus' triumph over death that saves,—they do not look for life in death, nor for immortality in the grave.
Christian Scientists understand this Science to be the new-old religion which was taught by Jesus, and that its works in healing the sick, like its works in reforming the sinning, are inn obedience to Christ Jesus' injunction to his followers of all times: "Preach the gospel;" "heal the sick.
The
City Hall was filled Thursday evening, October 29, by a large and attentive audience made up of the members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Nashua, and their friends, who listened to a fine lecture by Edward H.
It
is impossible to be a Christian Scientist without apprehending the moral law so clearly, that, for conscience sake, one will either abandon his claim to even a knowledge of this Science, or else make the claim valid".
