Show CHRISTIAN SCIENCE the claims claim of the christian scientists have been the subject 0 of discus a slon ion tor for a number of 0 years in or IOUs circles secular and religious generally with a strongly adverse and antagonistic tone there Is no exception to tills this trend ot at opinion in the lengthy editorial consideration which aich the christian Ile register ginter unitarian boston gives to the subject in a current issue after reviewing some of the special and char to ter doctrines of 0 the scientists the register says the fact remains remain i that christian science like oil error involves a tier nar rowing ot of the life so tar far as men go on all that track they the make their ideal a ort art of 0 hindu passivity or asceticism do they riot not pronounce nil all sensation an illusion now while it Is qute clute true that the lire life of the physical senses Is not mans higher life while material lam istia Is always st a peril nevertheless god gives uv us material things and our senses to match them whereby to learn and to grow using material things as our counters we learn all spiritual values we learn by the tact fact ot of material tit alt feren ferencek ces the child learns a moral lesson as soon as apt he learns to love to bo be clean ile he finds this a world ot of weights it and 11 d measures and limits no juggling w make it pint contain a quart no magic will lift a stone from the ground nothing but skill will mike make the joint fit truly nothing less than accuracy will mill serve in the machine short shop no 40 light flight of 0 the imagination will make a rotten often timber sustain aill the floor door or if tile the floor gives vay tray tor for want mant of 0 honest support t will the builder from rom tile the consequences of 0 fraud we e like still and respect such a world as this we would rather be hurt on occasion living in III it than lun fun away from it or by jugglers tricks try to think part of it out of sight eight we would decidedly prefer to run our risk of its poisons than to lose our senses senies altogether and not know the contrasts and differences the sweet nesses too the flavoris and beauties by which god speaks to us we hold that the whole of his message is ii good lor for us such part only as we may fancy to hear yes we distinctly prefer the ideal of it christ suffering real pain tor for loves sake to it a mere worker who according to the theory ol 01 0 this strange science ought not to have suffered a pang for it 11 way may be the most vulgar materialism to wish a 9 world in which one shall be perfectly comfortable and shall not pay any cost fo ronea rones ease whereas to meet pala pain find and yet to count it gain as paul did tor for loves sake to seek the fullest consciousness and scorn I 1 not 10 t to pay all the price that makes life pie pic clous this Is what it seems to us its the ideal sons ot of god would always propose |