The
familar saying, "Live and let live," is usually thought of in relation to the business world, but like everything else it takes on a broader meaning when viewed in the light of Christian Science.
The
defeat of a good undertaking is always regrettable, not only because of the failure to realize an ideal in the specific instance, but especially because of the discouragement which it imposes upon the many who are striving to bring about better things.
In
these days of the manifest prosperity of Christian Science, it is well to ponder the words spoken by our wise Leader a number of years ago and republished on page 176 of "Miscellaneous Writings.
It
has been well said that "no institution can exist without a basis, center, or principle of authority;" and what is true of institutions is true of men.
If
applicants for membership in The Mother Church of Christian Science, or in any of its branches, were asked to give their reasons for seeking membership therein, the answer in most cases would be that they desired to get all the good that is possible in this way.
In
his teaching that God is Love, the Master spoke not only for the essential nature of Deity, but, since love is revealed and discerned only in loving deeds, he spoke for the fact that this nature is disclosed in its activities.
In
the fifth chapter of John's gospel we read, "Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life".
The
aggressiveness of the demand on the part of the advocates of so-called preventive medicine, that all mankind must, willy-nilly, be brought under their control and subjected to examination, was recently rebuked by The Evening Post of New York as follows:—
