Evening star., 1921-03-06

reply?
A. Yes.
MI Gilmore, as Publication Committee
for New York, must be responsible for the
accuracy or inaccuracy Of the statement
which he has given to Christian Scientists
and to the public I quote his words:
The intimation that there Is "a
strife and schismatic condition" in
every Christian Science branch church
| is far from true.
| I leave this remark to the Judgment of
the public, who are familiar with the law
suits, injunctions, CONGRATULATIONS, and
factional strife within the material or
ganization, which have been reported in
the press.
History is being reenacted. The law of
Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount have
rung down the ages demanding of man
obedience to the law of God and His
Christ Opposition to all who refuse to
bow the knee to the so-caled carnal mind,
with its results-sin. suffering, soIrow,
and DEATHS recorded in the Bible, Gods
Word, spoken through His mouthpieces,
the Prophets Jesus the Christ and his
disciples, and in this age uttered by
woman.-Mary Baker Eddy, who, with
her faithful students, has met the same
bitter resistance.
Looking down the vista Of years, the
experiences of all who were God-inspired.
are chronicled. Joseph was beloved son
of Jacob, his father. On journey with
his brethren they put him into pit and
left him to perish. God delivered Joseph.
Jacob his father, obeyed the law OF Cod
and for this obedience, God delivered his
son. The lie, which the brethren decided
to tell their father when they returned
without Joseph, brought to them sorrow
and famine, and finally their falsenood
was revealed to Jacob.
We note the pursuit Of the children OF
them to the Red Sea, thinking to destroy
them; but their ever present Father. God,
whose law they obeyed, parted the waters
and they passed through on dry land.
Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and horse
men pursued and went in after them.
|. And the Lord overthrew the
Egyptians in the midst Of the sea- (Exo-
dus xiv, %, 27.)
The Hebrew children, Shadrach. Me-
served God. were cast into the fiery fur
mace. They escaped without even "the
smell Of smoke upon their garments
Daniel, who three times a day prayed
to his God and would not yield his pre-
rogative to worship God, and refused to
come under the dominion Of an earthly
king, was put into the lions den. But
Daniel declared, "The God whom serve
continually, He will deliver me-" and God,
true to His Word. or law, protected Dan
iel, who came forth victor, without even
an encounter with the wild beasts.
Mrs. Eddy says. "The wrong done an
other. reacts most heavily against ones
self" fScience and Hed1th page 449.>
Those who put Daniel into the lions den
were quickly devoured
Christ Jesus has left a record of the
opposition which his teachings aroused
when he declared that he was the Son of
God, and proved the potency of his
Christ-mind. in his mighty works of
healing the sick, feeding the multitude,
calming the raging waters, raising the
so-called dead, and finally, In his fri
umphant exit from the tomb. as a crown.
ing demonstration Of the power Of man
when governed by God,-eternal Life and
Love-
When Peter and John were comma nded
| by the rulers Of Israel mot to sne.L q.
all, nor teach in the name of Jesrs" i" tbe,,
answered and said unto them. Wbe,bor
it be right in the sight of God to be.rton
unto you more than unto God, iudga Va
For We cannot but speak the things which