In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

From Our Exchanges

[Western Christian Advocate]
Your issue of the 4th instant contains a report of a lecture given by the pastor of a Congregational church on the subject of Christian Science.
Referring to a letter in a recent issue from "A Bloomington Woman," I think her effort to prove our statements regarding the cause and cure of disease to be inconsistent, is not altogether successful.
A while ago we attended a Christian Science lecture, not because we are tending in that direction or "investigating" the subject, but because it is a good plan for every one to hear the other side rather than a reiteration of his views, whether they be political, religious, or philosophic.
With commendable zeal and enterprise the Christian Scientists of Fort Smith maintained a room on the fair-grounds in October, where all callers were welcome to free seats, free telephone service, and free literature.
Christian Science has everything in common with all Christian denominations, going only one step farther in obedience to Jesus' command,—that of healing the sick through radical reliance upon God, as well as reforming the sinner.
I wish to take this opportunity to speak a word or so of praise for The Morning Telegraph.
The history of medical practise is a record of experimentation, during which almost everything on this globe has at one time or another been taken by mankind as medicine.
The remarkable growth of Christian Science has attracted the censorious attention of the Rev.
Christian Science claims to be a scientific explanation of the gospel teaching which enables the student to gain a much clearer conception of the nature of God, cause, and of man's true nature as God's child.

Seeming Standstill

In a testimony meeting a lady expressed her gratitude for an experience whereby a seeming standstill in spiritual growth had become to her an incitement to greater progress.

Head and Heart

In ancient metaphorical language, especially in the Scriptures, the heart and not the head seems to have been regarded as the seat of thoughts and motives; hence we read in the Bible, "A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.