Although
we do not nowadays hear so frequently as formerly the assertion that "Christian Science is neither Christian nor scientific," the belief expressed in these words still prevails in many quarters; namely, that the followers of this faith are outside the pale of evangelical Christianity.
The
Scripture teaching that "God is our refuge and strength" is theoretically accepted by many who also think of Him as the creator of the physical universe and its laws.
Many
persons who notice communications to the newspapers signed by a "committee on publication," wonder why it is necessary for the Christian Science church to maintain a committee of this kind, and some have jumped to the conclusion that the intention is to secure publicity in order to proselyte from other faiths.
A good
many persons fail to distinguish between economy and parsimony, the former being admittedly a virtue which stands for the prudent and orderly management of a household or state, the regulation of expenditure in such a way as to avoid loss or waste.
Among
the things which no intelligent person would question, is the fact of a serious lapse of present professional Christianity from the standard of simplicity and spiritual power reached and maintained in the early Christian church, and that this lapse is causally related to much of the poverty, wretchedness, and degradation which is no less heart-burdening to all who love their fellow men than discreditable to so-called Christian civilization.
At
this season we find on every side reminders of the resurrection, and these may well lead us to inquire whether we have simply gone around a circle since last year, or whether our honest scrutiny can discover that we have really risen with Christ.
It
is generally conceded that the Mosaic Decalogue contains the vital elements of moral law, and that its provisions underlie all civil and criminal codes.
He
was looking into the heart of a March sunset whose radiant glories were latticed by a group of leafless trees after a fashion that would have delighted the eye of an artist.
