Letters
received by the editors of the Sentinel from members of newer and smaller branch churches indicate that frequently much perplexity is experienced over the question as to whether or not a Sunday afternoon or evening service should be held by these churches in addition to the regular morning service.
There
are few negative habits, surely, which play a more prominent part in the drama of human experience than that of forgetting, a habit which, as generally understood, stands for weakness, not strength; for loss, not gain.
Notwithstanding
the belief of many religious persons, and the continued assertions of many religious leaders, that the healing works which Christ Jesus and the disciples and apostles performed at the beginning of the Christian era were intended only for a limited time and for a limited purpose, the question of spiritual healing will not down in the churches.
Evil
has always succeeded in fooling the bulk of mankind, including most of the honestly well-meaning, by assuming a form or appearing in a garb which they have not recognized.
All
Christian people presumably ask for daily bread, and it would be very interesting and instructive as well to learn what this means to a thousand different petitioners who make their requests to the one Father in heaven.
If
a Christian Scientist were asked what it is that heals the sick in Christian Science, he would unhesitatingly answer that it is spiritual illumination, and for this response there is abundant Scriptural authority.
