Dear Reader.—As we send to you by this paper many a hint and suggestion of "Christian Science," many a statement of its truth, as yet but faintly comprehended, (and which never would have been, but for the untiring energy, the self-sacrificing toil, the divine perseverance of some one), and many a demonstration supported by living witnesses, we would call your attention to the time, the cost, the years of unrequited labor, the patience, the moral courage, the unwearied zeal, and immortal love that some one has exercised, that some one has been true to, that some one has been bravely brave in defending, and that some one has worked to bless, not themselves alone, but all mankind.
Think you that this rounded thought, viz. "Christian Science," that to-day is healing the sick, restoring harmony and health beyond all other methods, dissipating infirmities and deformities, reforming the sinner, and bringing out the truer and higher idea of God, a good man,—was the result of a day's labor, or an hour's contemplation?
We can tell you, No.
We can tell you that thousands and thousands of dollars have been spent; first being earned and frugally saved, only to lavish into books, pamphlets and papers, that are to-day circulated all over the world.
We can tell you of persecutions, of wrongs, of betrayals, of crucifixions, of sufferings, of sorrows that some one has borne; and all to what purpose? A college, a church, an association, a newspaper, a scientific principle that can be taught and demonstrated, in the establishment of a sound mind and a healthy body.
We can also tell you dear reader, that you can learn this truth, that you can heal the sick; but it must come from the spirit that loves good, and is good, that will "take up the cross," and thereby make itself worthy to follow such a lofty example.—.
