In
the 11th chapter of Hebrews, Paul says, "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Reading
in the Sentinel of September 24, the article, "A Word Concerning Discouragement," my first thought was that I would like to know the author's address, so that I might write and thank one whose contributions always help me.
I have
learned so much and gained so much through reading our periodicals, that I feel the longing common to all loyal hearts to add my mite to the wealth of love that comes as a continuous stream through these channels.
A vision
came to me in days gone by,A vision sweet of what I longed to be;A helper, as I listened to the deep, sad cry,—Of sin-enthralled, enslaved humanity.
The courts have held that "if there are distinct and different schools of practice, as allopathic or old school, homoeopathic, Thompsonian, hydropathic or water cure, and a physician of one of those schools is called in, his treatment is to be tested by the general doctrines of his school, and not by those of other schools.
We
have been asked to give the order of services to be followed in our churches on Thanksgiving Day, but as there is no regular order provided in the Manual, we can only refer inquirers to the report of the services held last year in The Mother Church, published in the Sentinel of December 5, 1903.
Editor
with contributions from Calvin C. Hill, Mary Baker Eddy.
The following letters show true appreciation of the new By-laws relating to the Sunday School, and our Leader's deep interest in the spiritual welfare of the children as well as her estimate of faithfulness in the Sunday School workers.
An
eminent minister once said, "So many are God's kindnesses to us that as drops of water they run together, and it is not until we are borne up by the multitude of them, as by streams in deep channels, that we recognize them as coming from Him.
When a knowledge of the work of Christian Science first came to me, I was a student of medicine, having had a strong desire, almost from childhood, to do something to relieve the sufferings of mankind.
My cause of gratitude for all that Truth has done and is doing for me increases so rapidly, that every week I wait before giving my testimony, will make it more difficult to compress the testimony into reasonable limits; whereas, rather more than two years ago, the outlook upon life was one that often brought me into a state of mental depression which sometimes involved an actual physical sense of pain and heart-heaviness.
Having received so much benefit from reading the many beautiful testimonies in the Sentinel, I feel in duty bound to add my mite in the hope that some suffering brother may pluck up hope and come and drink of the waters of Truth, and find rest as I have done.
As I have been greatly helped and encouraged by the reading of other testimonies, I find it a privilege, rather than a duty to obey the words of the Master, who said, "Freely ye have received, freely give.
If every public officer were really a Christian, if every employer and every laborer were really a Christian, if every merchant, every householder, every man, woman, and child were really a Christian, of course the kingdom of heaven would not be far away.
As a subscriber, you can download any Sentinel issue published within the last 90 days (PDF, eBook, and audio). You can also take a look inside each issue as it originally appeared in print, starting with the very first issue from 1898.