As in the science of mathematics, if we incorporate error or falsity into our statements we find error and falsity in the conclusion, so in our problem of life we must include in our premises only those things which we wish realized in our experience.
Recent events have revealed that the public is deeply interested in this new-old religion; that prejudice is gradually yielding to fair judgment; that kindness and generosity find a larger place in the minds of men than heretofore; that the trend of opinion is more or less characterized by justice, and that opposition is confined within comparatively narrow limits.
Willard S. Mattox
with contributions from Albert E. Miller
The prayer of enlightened faith, by which Christian Science heals, is the prayer which understands or realizes that all good is already accomplished, and that God has never willed that man should be sick, or that he should be a sinner.
There shall be a Building Committee which shall consist of not less than three members of this Church in good standing, elected by a majority vote of the Christian Science Board of Directors and with the approval of the Pastor Emeritus.
We
are informed that some of the smaller churches, when electing new Readers, have been impressed with a lack of available material within their own ranks, and have felt compelled to draw upon other fields, a condition that should not exist after three years of active public work.
Whoever
takes the time to look through the pages of current religious literature will be impressed with the warring incongruities, the turmoil and tussle of the world's expressed convictions.
Per capita taxes, contributions to the Mother Church, or contributions to the Building Fund, should be sent by check, post-office money order, or express money order.
Gazing
out of the window of the Century Building just above the arched entrance of massive rock masonry, fixed and unchangeable in its entirety, I saw its reflection in the window of the building opposite.
If you let a single ray of light through the shutter, it will go on diffusing itself without limit till it enlightens the world; but the shadow that was never so wide at first, as rapidly contracts till it comes to naught.
After two years of spiritual and helpful comfort received from reading our weekly and monthly publications, I am constrained, in this season of thankful acknowledgment for all our blessings, to contribute my mite to the overwhelming evidence of the might and power of the Christian Science thought.
It is with hearts overflowing with gratitude for Christian Science that we send a report of a few of the many demonstrations of the power of Mind over matter which we have had in three years' growth of the movement on the Llano Estacado of Texas.
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