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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
with contributions from Allan McLane Hamilton, Harry Draper, Mary Roberta Wood, Jane C. Havens, Orrin W. Jackson, H. Elizabeth Bowdlear, George I. Fiske, Alice G. Chick, Helen Fowler, Clara Parsons, George Sansom, Willie Orr
with contributions from Solon A. Carter, Ernest G. Clark, Allison Holland
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.
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.
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.
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.
As a subscriber, you can download any Sentinel issue published within the last 90 days (PDF, eBook, and audio). You can also take a look inside each issue as it originally appeared in print, starting with the very first issue from 1898.
with contributions from Allan McLane Hamilton, Harry Draper, Mary Roberta Wood, Jane C. Havens, Orrin W. Jackson, H. Elizabeth Bowdlear, George I. Fiske, Alice G. Chick, Helen Fowler, Clara Parsons, George Sansom, Willie Orr