Secretary Root, in a letter to Representative Denby of Michigan, relative to the desire to have certain alleged abuses in the Congo Free State corrected by some international action, says, —
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the least of the blessings vouchsafed the earnest student of Christian Science is a steadily increasing ability to think, together with a growing appreciation of what thought really is.
One
of the purposes of the Wednesday evening meeting is to give those who do not understand Christian Science, opportunity to learn what it has done and is doing for mankind in the way of healing the sick and reforming the sinful.
Everything which the Master said and did indicates that he considered himself an example for his followers, and that he did not expect to save them by any merits of his own, except in so far as he was worthy to be an example.
The proof that Christian Scientists do not "dishonor God" resides in the fact that in their every teaching and in all the practical workings of this great religious body, thought is turned towards God as the one and only creator, the one great cause, the one Principle governing and controlling all reality, the one and only healer, the loving Father to whom all can turn in every hour of trouble and "who healeth all thy diseases.
The reasoning of Christian Science appears "fallacious" only to those who refuse to "compare spiritual things with spiritual," preferring to accept the fleeting, changing, and unreliable testimony of the physical senses rather than credit the Scriptural verities, against which "the flesh" and its senses "lusteth.
A mathematician, correcting the errors in a mathematical problem for his pupil, is conveying a true idea to him which destroys his erroneous concept of the problem, and thus frees him from these errors.
Confessing ignorance of the teachings and workings of Christian Science, we cannot help feeling that a belief which can attract and hold some of the brightest minds of the century, must contain some elements of truth; and the cures effected in our own community, which are claimed as the result of its work, convince us that the movement should not be condemned without intelligent investigation.
While no Christian Scientist claims to be perfect, every one who has been honestly striving, can say he is a better man in thought and deed than before accepting Christian Science.
The point the Miner wishes emphatically to make is — that if any man believes Christian Science is a healing power that will heal, then we deny the right of any one to say he shall not believe in it, and practise it if he chooses.
That
the views of physicians are changing, and that they are getting away from the old idea of almost unlimited drugging, is significantly set forth in a few words in an article by Dr.
The spiritual light which I have received through the continued and faithful study of the wonderful book, "Science and Health with Key of the Scriptures" by Mrs.
In the year 1898 my attention was attracted to this truth which sets free, by the beautiful life of a neighbor, and I was subsequently healed in Christian Science of chills that all available material remedies had failed to relieve.
Though gratitude is best shown by earnest effort to reflect in our lives the blessings we have so richly received, yet I would express some slight part in words also.
After many years of shifting, doubt, and indifference, in matters of religion, I have, during the past thirteen years, had abundant reason to value the teachings of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
I first heard of Christian Science about fifteen years ago, and was narrow enough to ridicule many of the thoughts found in the literature, simply because I did not understand them.
The tendency to unite, now manifest in many religious bodies, is wholesome; but it will not reach the highest order of spiritual progress so long as anything but essential truth is the centre of attraction.
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