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.
Recently
there appeared simultaneously in several newspapers in New York and other cities notices of a book which attacks Christian Science, and about which the statement was made that Mrs.
The
wisdom of our Leader in providing for the study of the entire Bible in our Lesson-Sermons becomes more and more apparent, for we are thus led to see how the understanding of the truth unites "all periods in the design of God".
In
the remarkable colloquy between God and Abraham, as narrated in the 18th chapter of Genesis, the plea of the patriarch is grounded in an interrogatory assumption respecting the divine conduct which is of profound significance.
Ability
to maintain at all times the proper relation between teacher and student seems to be one of the hardest problems with which many Christian Scientists are confronted, and doubtless much of the misunderstanding and friction which unfortunately exist in some fields is due to a failure on the part of both teacher and students to adjust themselves to a sensible working basis, one that recognizes the individuality of each party and the necessity for maintaining this individuality.