What a Babel of tongues, what a confusion of sound is heard, if one stops a moment to listen! Who, without the keynote, can distinguish the true tone from the false? What wonder that the beginner soon loses his pitch, drops to the bottom of the scale, and is finally lost sight of? There is but one way to steer clear of the many pitfalls, and that is to clasp tightly the little truth we have, and close our ears to the babbling of the crowd.
Many are so anxious to ventilate their ideas, that they do not wait to know the Truth, but send out their erroneous thoughts, labelled Christian Science. Who is to stand by and say to the earnest seeker, "That is not Christian Science." No wonder people are disgusted and say, "If that is what your people believe, I don't want any more of it."
One, claiming to preach, teach, and practise Christian Science, is trying to prove that all is Spirit, by the evaporation of water. Because water can be made invisible to certain mortal senses, he assumes that this must prove the reality of Spirit. Now if invisible water has more intelligence than visible, the illustration may prove something; but who will say that it has? This same person has failed to draw the line between infinite Intelligence and finite non-intelligence; and this I believe to be the general stumbling-block. To be sure, water has more power than ice, and steam has more force than water; but neither can ever become Spirit. If steam is Spirit, then, when it is condensed to water and frozen to ice, steam will still remain Spirit; but who can handle Spirit?
