In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him [the Word], and without him [the Word] was not anything made. That which hath been made was Life in him; and the Life was the Light of men. JOHN i. 1-4.
Possibly there are Christian Scientists who have not noticed the form in which the American Committee, in revising the translation of the New Testament, wished to leave the prefatory passages of the Fourth Gospel. Those who have noticed the change will not be injured by its reproduction in this Journal, nor by the moment of thought which may thereby be suggested; while those who have not noticed the change may find improvement in the knowledge.
A clearer or more concise statement of certain Christian Science principles, which are contrary to the statements of sense, and contrary to the universally received opinions of the world, could scarcely be framed; nor could it be more strictly and scientifically accurate; yet some say that the term Christian Science is a misnomer.
