A friend
recently said to us: "It seems to me you would be more closely following Jesus, whom you profess to emulate, if you would go into the slums with your work, feeding the hungry and rescuing the perishing, instead of erecting magnificent and costly temples of worship throughout the country.
Let
us consider how newspaper is made in one of the great mills of the Adirondack Mountains, where the giant machines, rattling on, day after day, never stopping, are scarcely able to supply the demand of a single New York newspaper.
Concerning
the statement that "there is no disease," attributed to Christian Scientists, permit me to say that these words cannot be properly understood without some accompanying explanation.
The
position that Science and Health holds in relation to the Bible is that of a commentary, and from the number of commentaries that have been compiled, one must admit that there was a need of helps to the better understanding of the Scriptures.
At
an elevation of about six thousand feet above the sea, on the left of the road to Baalbek, is a group of the noblest specimens of the vegetable kingdom in the East, which are believed to be thousands of years old and the remnant of the far-famed cedars of Lebanon, of which David and Solomon sang, and from which came the timbers for the Temple.
I would like to add my word of gratitude to the many that have been spoken for the new edition of Science and Health, and to tell how its reading uncovered an error for me.
