October 6, 1906
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One of the important questions which will be taken up for consideration by the State Dept.
We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Several
years before I became a member of The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, I had an experience which I have often wished to record, yet I have hesitated because human language seems so feeble an expression of those things which we have seen and handled of the Word of Life.
Jesus was a practical idealist in a spiritual sense; he opposed matter at every step, and laid stress on the spiritual rather than the physical.
Under the heading "Sermons in City Pulpits," in your issue of the 10th, you report briefly a sermon delivered by Rabbi Schanfarber, in which reference is made to Christian Science by using the threadbare accusation that Christian Science ignores the mortal belief in the existence of evil.
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The picture of The Mother Church and its Extension which The Christian Science Publishing Society now has for sale is a half-tone reproduction, 12 x 15 inches in size, of a view giving the St.
The last of the improvements for the present on the new home of the members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, are now being completed, and when they are, the church will be one of the best in the city of Wausau.
A lecture on Christian Science will be delivered by Prof.
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The author of the Christian Science text-book does not consult nor read letters on disease.
Beloved Christian Scientists:—Keep your minds so filled with Truth and Love that sin, disease, and death cannot enter them.
Christian
people are much given to the free expression of their religious beliefs, and so far as these statements are demonstrated to be true, or so far as they express the logical sequence of an unquestioned truth, even if not thus demonstrated, they have an ethical and educational value.
The
question is sometimes asked by those who are looking into Christian Science, If this truth is contained in the Bible, why is Science and Health needed?
As it is a little over a year since my attention was directed to Christian Science, and having received so much help from articles and testimonies in our periodicals, I send this in the hope of aiding some one who is looking for better things.
As I never seemed to be strong from childhood, I was reared very tenderly.
It does not seem possible to tell of all the benefits I have derived from Christian Science and the rest and peace it has given me.
It is over five years since I heard of Christian Science.
Christian Science was brought to my attention some years ago, and although I read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," I then failed to receive a right understanding of the truth revealed in the grand exposition of Christ's teaching.
About four years ago I felt that I was a most miserable woman, physically and mentally.
Some time ago I awoke feeling very ill,—my throat seemed to be in a very bad condition, and as time passed on it appeared to be gradually growing worse.
I desire to express in some small measure my ever-increasing sense of gratitude for the blessings which Christian Science has shed upon my earthly path, in bringing me out of darkness into Truth's eternal day, enabling me to understand the Bible and how to divide the words of Truth aright.
One evening my boy complained of feeling very badly; I suggested that he lie down and let me read to him.
Every Scientist is glad to express gratitude for the understanding of divine Love received through Christian Science.
Some years ago I had a growth which necessitated a very critical operation, and it was considered marvelous that I had no return of the trouble.
In April, 1905, I injured my knee very severely.
Having read the Sentinel and Journal for the past four years, and having received so much help from the encouraging testimonies that come from nearly all parts of the world, we wish to add ours.
In January, 1898, I fell on an icy pavement in Omaha, Neb.
From early childhood I was considered very delicate, and was held in bondage by that belief until my freedom came through Christian Science, many years later.
All
the world was dark and drear, Doubt and discord, fright and fear; What to do but weep?
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The pamphlet, "Prayer and Confidence," which has had a wide circulation in English, is now published in German.
Is it not true, and do you not know it to be true, that the best things of your life have come not from without but from within—the loyal friend, the reciprocated love, the conscience at peace with God and man, the clear view upward, the large view outward.
