"For
many years I have prayed daily that there be no more war, no more barbarous slaughtering of our fellow-beings; prayed that all the peoples on earth and the islands of the sea have one God, one Mind; love God supremely, and love their neighbor as themselves.
Mrs. Emma Ljunglöf, Committee on Publication for Sweden,
The writer of the article entitled "Modern Substitutes for Religion"—spiritualism, theosophy, and Christian Science—which appeared recently in your paper has, in his attack on Christian Science allowed himself to repeat the same overworked, erroneous statements about this religion which have been repeated in the press many times during the past year.
Standing
by the tomb of Lazarus before he raised him from the dead, Christ Jesus uttered these memorable words: "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
Paul
was firm in his declaration that all who had received the spiritual vision, all who had gained some understanding of the deep significance and practicality of Jesus' life and works, should cease from sinning and give themselves wholly to divine service.
In
the fourth chapter of Luke's Gospel are to be found the words, "Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
It
cannot be gainsaid that certain duties attend enjoyment of the incalculable blessings which result from the adoption of the way of life taught and exemplified by Christ Jesus.