He asks, "Has the law been abrogated that demands [15]
the employment of visible agencies for specific ends?"

Will he accept my reply as derived from the life and
teachings of Jesus?--who annulled the so-called laws of
matter by the higher law of Spirit, causing him to walk
the wave, turn the water into wine, make the blind to see, [20]
the deaf to hear, the lame to walk, and the dead to be
raised without matter-agencies. And he did this for man's
example; not to teach himself, but others, the way of
healing and salvation. He said, "And other sheep I have,
which are not of this fold." [25]

The teachings and demonstration of Jesus were for
all peoples and for all time; not for a privileged class or
a restricted period, but for as many as should believe in
him.

Are the discoverers of quinine, cocaine, etc., espe- [30]
cially the children of our Lord because of their medical
discoveries?

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We have no record showing that our Master ever used, [1]
or recommended others to use, drugs; but we have his
words, and the prophet's, as follows: "Take no thought,
saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?"
"And Asa ... sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. [5]
And Asa slept with his fathers."

Veritas Odium Parit

The combined efforts of the materialistic portion of
the pulpit and press in 1885, to retard by misrepresen-
tation the stately goings of Christian Science, are giving [10]
it new impetus and energy; calling forth the _vox populi_
and directing more critical observation to its uplifting
influence upon the health, morals, and spirituality of
mankind.

Their movements indicate fear and weakness, a physi- [15]
cal and spiritual need that Christian Science should re-
move with glorious results. The conclusion cannot now
be pushed, that women have no rights that man is bound
to respect. This is woman's hour, in all the good tend-
encies, charities, and reforms of to-day. It is difficult [20]
to say which may be most mischievous to the human
heart, the praise or the dispraise of men.

I have loved the Church and followed it, thinking that
it was following Christ; but, if the pulpit allows the people
to go no further in the direction of Christlikeness, and [25]
rejects apostolic Christianity, seeking to stereotype infinite
Truth, it is a thing to be thankful for that one can walk
alone the straight and narrow way; that, in the words of
Wendell Phillips, "one with God is