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.
The
train was crowded, and on entering it a commuter asked if he might share a seat with an open-faced fellow, who answered most obligingly and with whom a pleasant conversation was speedily opened.
