It
is sometimes said that Christian Science came as a protest against certain failures of the churches and materia medica, and that like all protests it goes too far.
To that person whose knowledge and experience in therapeutics have been entirely along material lines, it is probably hard to appreciate the efficacy of Christian Science treatment, which departs entirely from the realm of material medicine.
If "B" advances no further in the Christian alphabet than "C," he will discover that baptism and holy communion are not so much of water and of bread as of the putting off of the old man and putting on of the new and doing the will of the Father.
A local clergyman tells us that "we are living in a time when on the part of the Church there is a decided disposition to recover the power and gift of healing.
The statements, "There is not a single new idea in Christian Science" and "The truth it contains has ever been practised by the Church," need qualifications.
For
many years I have prayed daily that there be no more war, no more barbarous slaughtering of our fellow-beings; prayed that all the peoples on earth and the islands of the sea have one God, one Mind; love God supremely, and love their neighbor as themselves.
There
seems to be a thought with many who write letters of appreciation and gratitude to our Leader, for the benefits derived through her teachings, that their letters may never be seen nor read by her.
Our
readers will be glad to know that the several bills antagonistic to Christian Science introduced at the present session of the Massachusetts Legislature have been reported adversely by the Committee on Public Health, and that both houses of the Legislature have concurred in these adverse reports.
For
many years Christian Science and its representatives have been very much talked about by other Christian believers, and not a little that has been said of both has been so gratuitously distorted that it would have been far better for the reputation of Christian people as a whole if the exhibition had not been opened to the public.
Christian Science
is doing wonders in overcoming the belief that a man's capacities are developed at an early period in his experience, and that then they not only cease to unfold, but instead are likely to diminish.
with contributions from Hayne Davis, Mary Shepherd, Anna L. McClellan, E. A. Reeder, Mary E. Christie, L. G. McAshan, W. D. McCrackan, E. E. Fisher, LOUIS J. ZIEGLER
Having been a student of Christian Science for some years, and realizing the great blessing it has been to me and mine, it affords me genuine pleasure to bear testimony in this public manner to what Truth will do where materia medica has failed.
The moral healing and regenerating power of Christian Science has always held a special interest for me, as a reader of testimonies in our splendid periodicals, and feeling that there may be those who would likewise be en
When about twenty-three years of age I was in a well-known institute taking treatment for the liquor habit, and about a year later I was in another "cure" for the same purpose; but it was the same old story.
I am very grateful for the good that Christian Science has done for me in healing my physical troubles and mental discords, and in giving me a better understanding of the Bible and what Life means.
Dark
was the night, and full of doubt and sorrow,God's smile was hidden neath a load of fears ;Each day wore on in dread of the to-morrow,And all life's sunshine was absorbed in tears.
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with contributions from Hayne Davis, Mary Shepherd, Anna L. McClellan, E. A. Reeder, Mary E. Christie, L. G. McAshan, W. D. McCrackan, E. E. Fisher, LOUIS J. ZIEGLER