Editorial June 25, 1904 Issue

"A Book of Remembrance."

"Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name."

At the time of our annual gathering the main topic of conversation is the experience which brought us into Christian Science. In most cases, "Faith had fall'n asleep" when the truth came; and the tempter was whispering, "Believe no more," but at each repetition of the story of deliverance, it seems more wonderful and beautiful to the one who can now say, "Christ has come to me." It is noteworthy that all these accounts of healing convey the same thought; namely, that the divine power is available for all, and that all may know how Truth heals the sick even as in Jesus' time, and it would seem that the method of healing which recognizes man as a spiritual, moral, and intellectual being, and which treats him accordingly, must take precedence over all others, and in time supersede them.

If to some it may seem that Christian Scientists are very decided in their views and unwilling to yield a single point, it should be remembered that for this they have the warrant of the Master's teaching and example, by which they must stand or fall. There was no element of uncertainty in the teaching of Christ Jesus; he not only claimed to know the truth but he insisted that his followers also should know it and be made free thereby; and we could hardly claim that our Leader was following in the footsteps of the Master did she not also insist that we know the truth, and prove it to be truth by the healing of the sick.

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