October 26, 1907
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An official call has been issued for a meeting of the National Drainage Association, to be held at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, the last week of November.
Every
man and woman who may be possessed of moral integrity puts forth earnest and continuous effort to speak the truth in all the affairs of life.
It
has often been asked, If Christian Science is true why did its discovery come so late in human history?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him.
Will you allow me to correct one or two mistakes in regard to Christian Science which occurred in a leading article of your last issue.
The withdrawal of the suit in the case of Mrs.
Unquestionably the majority who come to Christian Science come for the healing, but there is a proportion, and I think a growing one, who do not.
In a recent issue of your paper you refer to a sermon delivered by Bishop H.
In your issue of Aug.
No one who has carefully studied Science and Health, the Christian Science text-book, can truthfully say that Mrs.
With each recurring quarter the Aldershot Masonic Hall witnesses a remarkable increase in the number of Christian Scientists who on those occasions assemble to give, or listen to, testimony of the wonderful healing powers of this pseudo scientific faith.
Now that the suit is withdrawn, it may not be out of place to remark that it hardly seems worth while in these days to persecute an old lady, or even a young one, for belief in the absolute power of God.
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The author of the Christian Science text-book does not consult nor read letters on desease.
In
last week's issue of the Sentinel we quoted an editorial from the Philadelphia Public Ledger concerning the prosecution of some Christian Scientists in New Jersey, and in commenting upon the case we said that "such prosecutions are always based upon the fallacy that the attendance of a physician—whether he administers drugs or does not do so—is the one thing essential to the recovery of the patient.
[The following letters relative to the meeting of the National Council of Women, in connection with the Jamestown Exposition, and our Leader's reply to the request for her prayers and the prayers of her Church, will be read with deep interest by all Christian Scientists.
A song of gladness and thanksgiving continually fills my heart at the remembrance of the day and hour when God gave me a sign, absolute and convincing, that Christian Science is a religion not merely beautiful in theory, as I had previously believed, but true and practical.
Without doubt the great majority come to Christian Science in search of health and usually as a last resource.
At the age of sixteen, and during several years previous, I suffered from severe and constant headaches.
On reading an article in a recent magazine on the struggles and trials of our dear Leader in the early days of Christian Science, it occurred to me what it all must have meant to have stood so absolutely alone as she did, and that I had not been half grateful to her who by her patient, self-sacrificing toil had accomplished that which made it possible for me to say that I am a perfectly well woman and have been for seven years; also, that by her work for divine Love I have been taught to eliminate all sense of fear from my consciousness.
It is four years since I first heard of Christian Science, and through it I have received many blessings.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I give my testimony to the healing power of Christ, Truth, as demonstrated by Jesus of Nazareth and made practical in the present time by our beloved Leader, Mrs.
When I became interested in Christian Science, about six years ago, I had been a member of another church for years and felt satisfied with my relations there.
It is with a glad and grateful heart that I testify to great benefits derived from Christian Science.
About four years ago I was taken seriously ill with abdominal trouble.
In reading the testimony of a sister Scientist which was very similar to what I should have to write if I gave the details of my own night of sorrows before learning of the truth, the thought came to me.
Many years ago, while living in Illinois, I became quite anxious over the colds which I was having continually, and was told I must do something or I would have to give up my work.
