Doubtless
many a student of Christian Science has asked himself what particular application the word "neutrality" can have in the teaching and practice of his beloved Science.
From
the Christian Science standpoint facts are eternal realities, which survive the storm and stress of mortal experience and which are untouched by any and all misconceptions of their nature and possibilities.
The
deeper meaning of the word charity is seldom thought of by people in general, most of whom regard it as something which it were better not to be in need of.
Many
persons use the word "conscience" in a way which indicates that they believe it to be the name for a moral code as definitely expressed as is the Decalogue and upon which all men agree.
Reformers
of various kinds, religious, social, political, or economic, frequently make the mistake of supposing that the suppression of evils is their cure.
It
should not seem surprising if out of the present world struggle there comes an enlarged sense of patriotism, an ideal vast enough to include all men and nations in the purpose to establish righteousness with its attendant harmony the world over.
In
view of the vast amount of publicity that within the past half-decade has been handed out by word of mouth and through the press as to the necessity for and the value of preventive medicine in general and the antitoxin treatment in particular, it is interesting to read certain authentic statistics which throw light upon the actual workings of this much-vaunted phase of medical practice.