It is said that history repeats itself, and the serpent that was so successfully beguiling in the story of the original sin, is luring our people to-day. "Ye shall be as gods," was the promise of non-intelligent error. Heeding the whisper, "Ye shall be founders of Christian Science and run independent magazines," is the folly of foolishness and a sin. In the fitness of Divine order, we have our Founder and Leader in Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, and all other claimants to that position are spurious. It is a fact too well known to be mentioned here, but so much error is being set afloat, that buoys, showing the inexperienced mariner which way to sail to avoid disaster and shipwreck, are necessary to bring him into the haven of Life.
Now as to this magazine business: some of you have been invited to contribute to the columns of the Journal, and have declared your inability to write correctly. Then what right have you to mislead humanity? To bring out anything new in Christian Science is impossible, until we have grown to understand what is given us in Science and Health. We can bring out our Teacher's inspiration, showing our individualities of thought in what we write, but we have to watch carefully that we bring out Truth even then.
You know not how rapidly you deteriorate when you set up supposed standards of your own, and ask people to march with you. You will need to ask for something beside charity to cover your sin, which you know will not remain concealed. Do not any of you speak of arbitrariness as an excuse for your departure from God. It is Truth itself that exacts from us the perfect measure of right thoughts, and consequently right deeds.
