Throughout
the Scriptures, especially in the Old Testament, are many references to foes, or enemies, which were probably regarded by the general thought as personified beliefs of evil.
One
of the many misconceptions of Christian Science which have found credence with those who have not studied this subject, and therefore are not in a position to judge its teachings fairly, is the belief that Mrs.
As
students of Christian Science we undertake to declare daily for ourselves the protecting and governing power of divine Love, and to "watch and pray to be delivered from all evil, from prophesying, judging, condemning, counseling, influencing or being influenced erroneously".
In
the August 20 issue of Life, attention is called to the efforts of organized physicians to secure legislation such as they desire, obstensibly for the public interest.
There
are a good many phases of human thought which are regarded with much complacency by mortals, but which are nevertheless harmful to those who entertain them, and ofttimes disturbing to others who may be influenced by them.
How
pitifully desolate the mentality in which the uplook and outreach of the nobler self has been so mocked, the aspirations so snuffed out by the disheartenings of earthly experience as to be frightened into utter silence, and the thought of death as effecting individual annihilation become the sole remaining comfort !
Solomon
is commonly accredited as one of the wisest of men, and it was doubtless out of his own experience that he evolved this bit of practical wisdom, "A soft answer turneth away wrath," — one of the best known, most frequently quoted, and yet least acted upon of his proverbs.
Christian Science
does not, as some mistakenly suppose, deny to humanity the rights and privileges of God's children, but establishes these upon a sure foundation in getting rid of all erroneous concepts of man's being and of his relation to God.
There
are perhaps very few who realize the actual value of truth in every phase of human experience, and fewer still who would admit that mortals cannot in the strictest sense speak the truth, for the simple reason that spiritual sense is needed in order to know the truth about anything.
