Despite
all the confusions of Christian belief, the timidities and manifest uncertainties of the many who are sincerely seeking to be guided of God, it still remains true that the divine address to human sense is so specific as to render the misapprehension of essential duties quite impossible.
The
spiritual signification of Scripture, rising above the material, is illustrated in the first chapter of the fourth gospel, where we find John's characterization of Jesus in these words : "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
It
is a stock criticism of Christian Science that too much attention is given by the adherents of this religion to the exploitation of the healing of the sick.
The
lack of unity of belief and of efficient cooperation among professed followers of Christ Jesus which has characterized Christian history in all the long years, is equally unfortunate, unbecoming, and unnecessary.
Sometimes,
as we try to take in the vast proportions which the Christian Science movement has assumed, we are almost overwhelmed at the magnitude of our indebtedness to its Discoverer and Founder, our revered and beloved Leader.
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.