November 2, 1907
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It
is not reasonable to expect a perfect understanding of Christian Science from a month's or a year's study of the subject, no matter how eager the student may be, since this would involve the working out of his complete salvation from all un-Godlikeness, and mortals do not accomplish this work in so short a time.
When
I have heard that a neighbor is sick or distressed, I have sometimes hesitated before going to tell him what Christian Science has done for me, lest the family should deem it an intrusion.
The
gospel of Christian Science is above all else the gospel of hope and good cheer to humanity.
In
a somewhat recent issue of the Sentinel reference was made to the attitude of insurance companies toward Christian Scientists.
The
belief that God, good, knows evil is due to the belief that evil is real.
In an engine-room it is impossible to look into the great boiler and see how much water it contains.
With regard to a statement some days ago in the Daily Telegraph on the subject of the healing of wounds and setting of bones in Christian Science, I shall be grateful if you will permit me to state the true position of Christian Science on the subject.
It must have been about the year 1895 that we first heard the name of Christian Science.
I do not think I shall be wrong in stating that a large proportion of those who are now Christian Scientists started by ridiculing and opposing what they had thought to be the teaching of Christian Science, but what, on further inquiry, they found to be their own misconception of its teaching.
Christian Science in Chicago has drawn upon all ranks and walks of life for its followers, and the lawyer and corporation head rub shoulders with the hodcarrier and salesgirl.
A well-known Manhattan woman, one of whose parents died of cancer, fearing the disease all her life, at length was afflicted.
Whether or not we are believers in Christian Science, we cannot fail to note the rapid growth in the number of its followers, and to be impressed by the sincerity of its workers.
The address delivered in the Opera House, on Sunday evening [June 30], by Hon.
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The author of the Christian Science text-book does not consult not read letters on disease.
One
of the greatest stimulants to human aspiration is recognition at the hands of our peers.
It
would seem that the teaching of Christian Science relative to the unreal nature of evil in all its forms is so clearly explained in our text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," as to render any mistaken sense of the author's meaning well-nigh impossible, but there are unfortunately those who do not take the trouble to acquaint themselves with this meaning, and who instead offer to the uninformed their personal opinion along with their bitter condemnation of what they suppose Christian Science to teach.
We
are pleased to call the attention of our readers to the article by our revered Leader, "Youth and Young Manhood," which appears in the November issue of the Cosmopolitan magazine.
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In the face of conditions most unfavorable to outgoing, a very representative audience of Concord's people assembled at First Church of Christ, Scientist, this city, last evening [Oct.
Adrift on the turbulent waves of mortality, a weary wanderer in search of health and happiness, four short years ago I found Christian Science.
It was in 1902 that I first noticed my wife had a growth on her face.
I feel that in justice to Christian Science I should acknowledge what Truth has done for me.
For five years we have relied entirely on Christian Science for help in every way.
Christian Science was brought to me about six years ago.
It is more than ten years since I turned to Christian Science for the physical healing, which came to me slowly, as I persisted in looking for physical regeneration before the "mental purgation.
In 1898, while camping out and overseeing my logging outfit at a sawmill in Indian Territory, I was prostrated by an acute attack of rheumatic trouble.
For a long time I have wanted to express publicly my gratitude for the great benefit I have received through Christian Science.
Twelve years ago I passed through what seemed the darkest period of my life.
In September, 1905, I took a position with a firm in New York.
I feel as if the time had come when I should give something in return for the good I have received in Christian Science.
The psalmist says, "I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Like so many thousands of others, I too have been healed in Christian Science, and I want to send out my word of love and gratitude for the peace and strength that have come to me from the knowledge of this unerring truth.
When my attention was first directed to Christian Science, I was very skeptical as to the Science part of it.
I feel it my duty to express through the Sentinel my gratitude to God for what has been done for me through Christian Science.
I feel it is high time I should tell what Christian Science has done for me.
With greater love than I can express for our dear Leader, and unbounded gratitude for all the blessings and help that have come to me through Christian Science.
I feel impelled by gratitude to give a short testimony concerning my release from the bondage of mortal thought through the teachings of Christian Science.
