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 Christian thinks, of that touch of nature which makes the whole world kin?

We who believe in the love and power of the Son of God, and in His reality as a person beyond and above us, are taught that no man is all sufficient unto himself; that the finite mind cannot contain the infinite God and all the wondrous works he has fashioned in furthering his purposes; that material things are realities; and that, in so far as we recognize the proper sphere to which we belong, and in it labor, forgetful of self and looking to the author of our being—not shirking the burdens He places upon us, but looking with confidence to the better life: thus far, we are doing better than by attempting to ignore facts that are, and by fancying an unreal world that passes when our bodies have mingled with the dust.

To follow Christ, and do His work here, looking the actual situation in the face, acknowledging the pain and the sorrow, bearing the burden of the cross as men, bravely—upholding it, realizing it, without attempting to explain it away—this is truly Christian; but the other is not.

Further, on the doctrinal side, Christian Science is in direct antagonism with