When
the late Canon Farrar's volume on "The Eternal Hope" appeared about the year 1878, it awakened a convulsive and declamatory protest from so large a number of clergymen as to give convincing evidence of the hold which the doctrine of eternal punishment still had upon Christian belief at that time.
All
who are familiar with the introductory pages of the chapter on Christian Science Practice in Science and Health, are prepared to understand the deep significance of Mrs.
We
cannot better mark the forward march of thought in late years than by comparing the old material concept of the resurrection with the more spiritual sense of it which is largely held today.
It
is simply astonishing to discover the extent to which doubt seems to prevail over faith among professed Christians, and this condition can but be largely due to the belief that Jesus' teachings and demonstrations were limited to the age in which he lived.
Thoughtful
and conscientious Christian people not infrequently find themselves at a loss to know how to distinguish between spiritual forces which are of God, and hence always good in nature and effects, and so-called forces which are often found serving the ends of evil.
Those
who are beginning to look into Christian Science sometimes ask, Who created all the manifestations of disease, the ravenous beasts, reptiles, and sinful mortals, if God did not ?
Occasionally
there come to us appeals for advice in regard to the proper course to be pursued by members of churches in which the utmost harmony does not prevail.
