Christian Scientists
who have awakened to the disabling effects of the mesmerism of massed personality, can understand why Christ Jesus should have said to his disciples, "Come ye yourselves apart," and why the good and great have ever been impelled to withdraw from the world at frequent intervals, and find in meditative solitude the poise, inspiration, and strength they may need.
No
habit is more easily acquired than that of speaking without knowledge respecting the character and purpose of others, and yet those who thus thoughtlessly contribute to the circulation of unloving and unfair if not slanderous comment, are guilty of an offense which receives quite as much attention at the hands of the Mosaic decalogue as does the crime of homicide.
Christian Science
brings to mankind a demand for unceasing progress, and this is a surprise to some, who think that because God's work is perfect and complete, there is no need for us to press forward.
Occasionally
we hear a testimony given at a Wednesday evening meeting in which the speaker refers to "the financial demonstration" which he has made; whereas the facts as stated clearly indicate that this so-called demonstration was nothing more than the exercise of will-power, or to use the more recent term, psychology.
A good
many people think of home and heaven as places far removed from each other, separated indeed by a stream called death; but Christian Science presents a different view of the subject and finds authority for it in the Scriptures.
All
those who are well acquainted with themselves, have come to know that there are quite enough discouraging factors in the average man's make-up to provoke the feeling that his redemption is a rather hopeless undertaking.
A good
many seekers after truth are puzzled by the questions asked them respecting Scriptural topics, some by friends in the older churches, and others by students of Christian Science.
So
much has been said in a fragmentary way in the newspapers about the proposed changes in the medical registration laws of New York and Massachusetts, that there may be doubt in the minds of some of our readers as to the actual status of these laws, in so far as they might apply to the practice of Christian Science.
