A local minister spoke very kindly, telling his congregation that Christian Scientists were happy and cheerful and seemed to have something that his own people did not have, and asked them, "What is it?
In
his daily contact with the world, the Christian Scientist learns to retain in consciousness, both for himself and for others, the true concept of man as the expression of God.
The
word "rumor" has several meanings, but as we use it today its most common meaning is, according to Webster, "a story or report current without any known authority for its truth.