The
most enthusiastic evolutionist would no doubt say, with respect to the physical development of mortals, that as a machine, nothing more perfect can be produced or even conceived.
In
a Sunday school class, recently, as the beatitudes were being studied, some questions were asked respecting the relation between persecution and blessedness.
A question having arisen in some branch churches in regard to the eligibility for reelection to the office of reader of persons who have served for three years in that office, and this question having been referred to The Christian Science Board of Directors for decision, they make the following statement, to wit: —
Every
profitable order of thought must be rooted in axiomatic truth; it must lay hold on the things that no normal person can question and be serious with himself.
Those
who are privileged to attend, regularly or frequently, the Wednesday evening meetings in The Mother Church, become familiar with the statement which often accompanies the testimony of a visiting member from one of its numerous branches, "I bring greetings," and then is given the name of the church to which the speaker belongs.
The
general interest in the question as to the truth and efficacy of Christian Science, which is shown in the increased attendance at authorized lectures on this subject, is one of the encouraging signs of the times, because it proves that mankind as a whole is more definitely willing to think for itself in matters of health and religion than heretofore.
