The
blindness of mortals to their own best interests is nowhere more apparent than in the attempt to make the truth conform to their misconceptions of being and its laws.
Notwithstanding
the smallness of the charges made by Christian Science practitioners for work done by them for their patients, there has been more or less assertion and innuendo, by those who do not know the facts, that Christian Scientists are mercenary, and a letter recently published in the New York Sun made this misstatement.
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following wonderfully appreciative letter is from a clergyman who a few years ago embraced Christian Science, and is now engaged in its healing ministry.
With
the swift passing of time, Labor Day has again come and gone, but not without leaving its lessons in the things it must ever suggest to the thoughtful.
He
who is awakening to a clear perception of his needs, is taking the first step towards their supply, and one of the encouraging features of the present religious outlook is found in the fact that Christian writers are continually noting and emphasizing the contrast in vital effectiveness between the faith of the early Church and that of modern believers.
It
has been reported that "Christian Scientists from various parts of the United States and Canada are perfecting plans for the establishment of an International Summer Residence and Assembly Park," but we can say authoritatively that there is nothing in this report.
Job
was speaking to a self-appointed critic when he said, "Ask now the beasts and they will teach thee, and the fowls of the air and they will tell thee;" but in addition to the rebuke thus administered, his words convey a suggestion of the range and value of the wisdom which may be gained by thoughtfully interrogating the gentle creatures so often chanced upon in our daily walks.
If
we may judge by the numerous circulars received by them, Christian Scientists are generally regarded as more than usually well supplied with money and quite willing to part with it on slight provocation, and as these circulars frequently bear the name of some one who thinks himself entitled to write C.