Nothing makes a Scientist so uncomfortable as to ask him if he knows of a case where Christian Science has spent money on a benevolence, either among its own adherents or elsewhere.

He is obliged to say "No" And then one discovers that the person questioned has been asked the question many times before, and that it is getting to be a sore subject with him.

Why a sore subject?
Because he has written his chiefs and asked with high confidence for an answer that will confound these questioners--and the chiefs did not reply.

He has written again, and then again--not with confidence, but humbly, now--and has begged for defensive ammunition in the voice of supplication.

A reply does at last come to this effect: "We must have faith in Our Mother, and rest content in the conviction that whatever She does with the money it is in accordance with orders from Heaven, for She does no act of any kind without first 'demonstrating over' it." That settles it--as far as the disciple is concerned.