Since
Christian Science advocates total abstinence from material remedies and implicit reliance upon Spirit as the proper means of healing the sick, Bible students naturally ask: Is the practice of discarding the use of medicine justified from a Scriptural standpoint?
The
warfare in which Christian Scientists are engaged is the constant endeavor to purify self and sense, and is the only warfare consistent with the highest ideals of Christianity, the warfare of which Paul speaks, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
"Bring
ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
It
seems strange that hitherto there has been no serious attempt made to analyze the peculiar charm of Macaulay's English, which, when carefully compared with that of any other great writer of his own country, will be found to differ from it strikingly in texture, leaving aside the style, arrangement, and matter of the narrative.
Christian Science
is a deep and sacred subject; the deepest and most sacred that can occupy human thought and purpose, for it treats of God, man, and the universe.
During
a western lecture tour, a prominent minister being asked by a press representative what the vital element of religion of the twentieth century would be, without a moment's hesitation answered, "Love.
A flood
of sweet, grateful memories comes to me as I read the above quotation, and a feeling of deep and heartfelt gratitude to God that I have been awakened, and can see even a little of the beauty of holiness, and that my ears having heard the word have hearkened.