The Department of Agriculture has published a thick book entitled "'Climate and Man" in which interesting data are recorded concerning the effect of climate on plants and persons. In it climate is called "a world influence."
We all know how people talk and think and grumble about the weather, what it is today, and what it may be tomorrow. Probably it is more discussed by mortals than any other one thing. But the oft-quoted remark of Mark Twain that everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it is no longer true. Christian Science is showing men how to establish their God-given dominion over the weather and not to fear it when bad, or to idolize it when good.
Weather and climate are words used to describe the condition of the atmosphere. This thing called atmosphere is the layer of air around the earth. It is a gaseous form of matter as unintelligent as ice. It is inhaled and exhaled by mortals because the chemical elements in it are believed necessary to keep the human body alive.
