The
question of whether or not Christian Science heals, is being steadily answered in the affirmative, even in the minds of those who have not yet accepted its teachings, and as an instance of this we quote the following editorial note from a recent issue of the well-known Burlington.
As time rolls on, the expanding thought of mankind goes back with greater eagerness than ever to that momentous time when God was revealed to men through the one who knew Him so well that he could speak with authority respecting His nature, His law, and His kingdom.
The
professed disciple of Christ Jesus who insists that war is a necessary evil, evidences that he has not only forgotten the example and injunction of the Master respecting a Christian's attitude toward his enemies, but that he has failed to apprehend the vital and eternal truth that evil is not overcome by resisting personality, by taking life, but solely by the realization and demonstration of good.
We
are printing in this issue of the Sentinel the full text of the affidavits filed in the Court in Concord on Friday and Saturday of last week, and as these documents occupy considerable space we have been compelled to increase our number of pages to twenty-eight for this issue.
Of
the May magazines which contain articles on Christian Science it is difficult to select any particular one as most useful for circulation by Christian Scientists, but The Cosmopolitan will, we think, naturally appeal to them as being valuable for this purpose because of the character of Mr.
The
frequency with which Christ Jesus alluded to the phenomena of nature in the illustration and enforcement of his teaching, and the explicit counsel which he gave his hearers that they think upon the birds and flowers,—these facts leave no question as to his attitude toward the gentle and beautiful things about us, nor as to what our attitude should be.
We
are all more or less familiar with the opinion that the Briton is by nature cautious and conservative, that he does not readily accept new ideas—in short, that he insists upon proving things before endorsing them.
Under
the By-law of The Mother Church which has been in force for almost a year, there will be no large gathering of Christian Scientists in Boston this year.