THE
word "sympathy" conveys to the human thought such diverse impressions that its use in Christian Science needs to be considered with care, in order that all it represents of good may not be lost sight of; and at the same time that its mistaken aspects may be recognized and avoided.
WHEN
the Apostle James in his general epistle declared "pure religion and undefiled before God" to be this: "To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world," he defined it in terms of its practice, a method at once explicit and logical.
On page 457 of the Sentinel of February 3 appears a poem, many lines of which are exact reproductions of a poem written not long since by a well-known poet of the day.
An
important sign of the times is the general recognition of the evil effects of fear upon health and happiness, and of the consequent need to overcome it.
THE
very fact that evil is unreal, a fact revealed by Christian Science in the light of the truth that God, good, is infinite, necessitates watchfulness on the part of those who have accepted it.
