March 7, 1908
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The of the Massachusetts Commission on Industrial Education says: "Boys and girls, young men and young women, are not only not directed toward the trades in our existing schools, but are often actually directed away from them by the bookish education of those schools and their purely academic traditions.
Any
one who has seen ancient coins must have been struck with at least one thought: the coins were the same as at the moment they were formed by the die.
It
often happens that an explanation is demanded of some of the profounder problems of Christian Science, before its claims in lesser matters are granted.
Every
earnest student, as he progresses in the Christian Science thought, must be surprised as well as delighted to acquire a more comprehensive and satisfactory conception of the real meaning of the word faith, as taught in Science and Health, where our beloved Leader explains that this faith must be founded upon spiritual understanding.
The Christian Science Journal for January is an admirable number for the thoughtful reader who is seeking to know the truth and do the best things.
To the ordinary man, puzzled by the riddles of physical existence, Christian Science is sooner or later presented.
It should not be supposed that Christian Scientists are, or that they claim to be, entirely immune from sickness and suffering.
In simple justice, let me say first that our critic deserves the thanks of Christian Scientists for his honest recognition of the great part that Christian Science is taking in the present generation in healing the sick and reforming the sinful.
Religion should be valued for what it accomplishes as well as for what it promises.
Our clerical critic starts off by acknowledging the good works of Christian Science, and then asserts that they come of evil; as if good could possibly come of evil.
Your correspondent raises an interesting question concerning the relationship between Christian Science and certain drugless methods of cure which he names.
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The Board of Lectureship requests Christian Scientists not to make what purport to be typewritten copies or synopses of lectures; also not to circulate or make use of any such copies if they are prepared.
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The author of the Christian Science text-book does not consult nor read letters on disease.
Some
years ago there was published in the Sentinel an editorial which touched upon the form and subject-matter of testimonies given at the Wednesday evening meetings, and subsequently a By-law on the subject was adopted by The Mother Church and published in the Manual.
The
teaching of Christian Science is clearly distinguished from many of the theories with which it has been mistakenly associated in uninformed opinion, by its steady insistence upon the scientific sense of identity and individuality.
"We
are now compelled to regard our conceptions of matter as symbolic of a Power which is essentially unknowable, and the existence of which we can recognize only in its manifestations.
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The next admission of candidates to membership in The Mother Church will be June 9, 1908.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, has arranged for more commodious quarters for its Reading Rooms and church services, and probably the removal from the present rooms will be made about March 1.
In the 1907 second revised edition of our text-book, Science and Health, some changes have been made in the line numbers since the Quarterly for January, February, March was prepared.
While reading recently some testimonies of healing, it occurred to me that one who would not make public such blessings as have been mine in Christian Science, would be an ingrate indeed, although words are inadequate to express my gratitude.
For the many blessings I have realized through the study of Christian Science I am very grateful.
Some eight years previous to my hearing of Christian Science, I had an accident whereby my back was severely injured.
In the spring of 1900 I had a severe attack of an eruptive fever, which seemed to leave my system in a debilitated state, and on examination by a prominent physician I was said to have serious lung trouble.
In gratitude for Christian Science, and for the benefit of suffering humanity.
It is with sincere gratitude for the many blessings Christian Science has brought me, that I give this testimony.
It is about two years since I began the study of Christian Science, and I wish to add my name to those who have told of the power of this grand truth to heal from sin and sickness.
I am truly grateful for what I have found in Christian Science.
When our beautiful city, San Francisco, met with disaster disaster we lost our home, and my brother sent me to my sister's home in Grass Valley.
In the fall of 1906, when a brother-in-law lay sick in my home, and a doctor said he probably would not live till morning, I saw Christian Science save and heal him.
For eight years I was a great sufferer from five different diseases, and in all these eight years materia medica failed to cure me.
As I read weekly the testimonies of healing in the Christian Science Sentinel, I have wished I could add mine.
I am very glad to be able to add a heartfelt and grateful tribute to Christian Science and its Leader.
I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to God for what Christian Science has done for me.
I write this testimony, hoping that it may benefit some one who is suffering and may be without hope of ever being well, as I was.
I have long neglected to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
The influence of example is often more far-reaching than we realize.
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"Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," CONTAINING MANY IMPORTANT CHANGES AND ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR.
