September 3, 1904
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Last
week was "Old Home Week" in New Hampshire, and this very pleasant custom, which originated in the Granite State, was very generally observed.
We
clip the following from the Concord Evening Monitor's report of the Old Home Week exercises at Pembroke, August 23.
Among
the many indictments named against Christian Science by its critics, one that we most frequently come upon is that of inconsistency in the practical application of its faith.
An
expression very often heard at Christian Science experience meetings, and elsewhere, is that all diseases are alike to God.
Having
some stitching to do one afternoon, and wishing it to be done perfectly, I attached a guide to the machine, and began the task.
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Application blanks will be supplied by The Christian Science Publishing Society to practitioners who wish their cards inserted in the directory of Der Christian Science Herold.
Would it be fair in assume that an orthodox church was unsound in its teachings because some of its members failed to conform to the tenets of that church and did not live the life of an orthodox Christian?
As a student of the sect for fifteen years, I must say in all candor that I feel drawn more to the Christian Scientists than to any other body of professed Christians, for the following reason:—
In the fatherhood of God and the sonship of Christ, Christian Scientists find a basis for the brotherhood of man, and they maintain with Paul that Christians are joint-heirs with Jesus Christ, and with John that "now are we the sons of God.
The critic lays down the proposition that "the acceptance of Truth from another's vision is a species of hypnotism," and then proceeds to say that Christian Scientists are hypnotized because they daily read Science and Health.
Until "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" was written by Mrs.
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The author of the Christian Science text-book takes no patients, does not consult on disease, nor read letters referring to these subjects.
Some of those opponents of Christian Science who have criticised the healing accomplished by this system have done so upon the supposition that the persons who have been healed were victims of their own imagination, and that the serious nature of the ailments from which they suffered was not substantiated by the diagnoses of physicians.
It
is possible to conceive of a type of man that would be prompted by pride to exaggerate his own faults, but it would be difficult to think that a person of this character could be found occupying a position of religious prominence.
The all-important consideration for humanity is how to reach the moral and intellectual stature which ever marks the Christ-man, and thus to realize the fulfilment of the Divine purpose.
For many years before coming West, I was actively engaged in the practice of medicine,—being a graduate from a leading medical university of the regular school, having also taken two post-graduate courses in New York City.
For nearly seven years I have had the benefits of Christian Science, not the least of which has come to me through our periodicals.
It is now nearly three years since I first learned that Christian Science is only another term for "The Science of Christianity" or "Christianity applied.
It is now over two years since I first heard about Christian Science.
I did not come to Christian Science for physical healing.
In a moment of discouragement, I once expressed my regreat that Christian Science had come into my life.
I have been studying Christian Science for about eight years, and the farther I go the brighter grows the way.
It is with a very grateful heart that I write of my healing through Christian Science.
A few months ago I was taken with pain in my back, but did not give it much attention.
Most gratefully indeed do I testify for Christian Science.
My sister in America recommended Christian Science to me and I have attended the services for the last three years At first I went simply to please my sister, because I had no confidence in this good teaching, but my opinion was entirely changed after I had spoken with a Scientist.
When I first heard about Christian Science, three years ago, I felt that it must be the truth, and I accepted it willingly, but many errors of sense had to be removed before my thought was aroused to the need of active work.
Having received so much help from the testimonies in the Sentinel and Journal, I feel led to send a feel led to send a few lines to express thanks for the many blessings that have come to me and my family.
Ever since I became interested in Christian Science, it has been a struggle at home and abroad for me to do or say anything in regard to this subject, but constant work and a never doubting or wavering trust in Christ's words, have won many a battle for me.
I am very grateful to Mrs.
A Christian minister ought to know how to teach the way in which spiritual truth can find its material embodiment in home life, in social life, in business methods, and in commercial transactions; and also in national affairs and in international relations.
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The Christian Science Text-book
,—Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures with latest revisions and additions, and numbered lines.
