Under
the plausible guise of a desire for the public good, and upon the plea that the public is either incapable or not to be trusted in its judgment of what is best for its own interests, the medical societies of the different states are becoming more aggressive and more persistent than ever before in their efforts to secure the enactment of legislation for the purpose of preventing the practise of any system of healing disease which is not within their scope and control.
It
is not always borne in mind that perfection is a demand of Principle which applies to all we think, say, and do, from the least thing to the greatest, and that lapses from obedience to this demand are sure to cost us dear.
There
can be no question that mental and moral strength is indispensable to human progress, but not all are willing to rouse themselves to make the effort needed for its attainment.
It
is no less surprising than true, as one comes to think of it, that the average man finds it much easier to believe in God, of whom physical sense gives him no knowledge whatever, than to disbelieve in matter, for supporting evidence of which he must look to physical sense alone.
In
the Wednesday evening meetings and in the testimonies published in our periodicals, frequent mention is made of the reading-rooms which are open to the public in all the cities and towns where branch churches are located, and in many others where as yet the progress of the Christian Science movement has only justified the formation of a small society.
In
the gospels we find a number of strong statements as to what is possible to those who let go of the mortal, material sense of things, and lift their thoughts to God as the source of all that is real and harmonious.