We extract the following from the Literary Digest of January 13, 1900. It is a review of an article written by Prof. H. Sabatier, the eminent French scholar, published in the Contemporary Review, and is certainly among the significant signs of the times. The Literary Digest says the words "Christian Science" are used by Professor Sabatier as synonymous with "Higher Criticism," Whether this is correct or not, Christian Scientists will easily see the distinction. Professor Sabatier says:—
"(1) Our piety is disquieted and troubled by the antagonism obscurely felt between the new truths and ancient beliefs. Christian Science can bring peace and dissipate our disquiet.
"(2) As regards Holy Scripture, the radical transformation of old dogmatic views as regards inspiration and the canon has the advantage of delivering our piety from the intolerable yoke of the letter, and rendering us more attentive and more strongly attached to the spirit. Instead of a code, we have a book of life and fire. The Bible is no longer itself the revelation of God, but it is, as it were, the muniment room where its documents are preserved.
