Christian Science
does not take up the discussion of the human belief of evil because evil has any valid claim upon mortals' attention, but because this belief asserts a reality opposition to good, and because its falsity must be recognized in order to apprehend the allness of God.
There
are many at the present day who are saying, as did Job, "The thing which I greatly feared is come upon me," but few realize that the trouble came because of fear; in other words, lack of trust in God.
I look for the hour when that supreme Beauty, which ravished the souls of those Eastern men, and chiefly of those Hebrews, and through their lips spoke oracles to all time, shall speak in the West also.
While our critic in her book sets herself the task of discriminating between the truth and error of Christian Science, she admits that she does not understand what Mrs.
Nowadays, if one preach anything but ceaseless lavations, he is dubbed an apostle of filth; yet Aristotle, the wisest of our race, proclaims that wisdom lies in the mean, and not in the extreme; and Bacon teaches us that we are often the slaves of a word like "filth.
The
general Communion service of the Christian Science denomination, held annually in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in this city, has been abolished by order of Mrs.
If
there be a few Christian Scientists who feel they have lost something through the recent changes in the By-laws of The Mother Church, they will be greatly helped in their efforts to adjust themselves to the new conditions thus created, by a calm survey of the progressive steps which have been taken in the past under the leadership of Mrs.
with contributions from Fanny von Moltke, Harriet Butler, Mary S. Bruen, Phillis M. McMurdo, Laura Lathrop, Effie Andrews, Mary E. Marcy, Martha L. Strang, K. D. Grant, Caroline S. Bates, Edward P. Bates
I have long felt that I would like to write something which would help others to see what Christian Science is to the human family, and for the past two weeks I have been impressed that I must put it off no longer.
My father suffered from rheumatic trouble for over twenty years, and after trying every material remedy and consulting the best doctors in this city, he was given up as incurable.
I have been interested in Christian Science about four years, and have received so much benefit from reading other's testimonies that I feel impelled to write of an experience which I had recently, hoping that it may be of help to some one.
While we were coming into Christian Science, both my wife and myself scanned the Sentinel eagerly each week for a testimony that would help us, give us encouragement in our journey from sense to Soul; and when one was found which was like our case, it was read and reread day after day.
It being over nine years since my thoughts were first turned to Christian Science by a dear old man, I wish to express my gratitude for what divine Love has done for me through this truth.
It seems as if I could not let another day pass, and accept the blessings of Christian Science, without expressing the deep feeling of gratitude which I have for this truth.
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with contributions from Fanny von Moltke, Harriet Butler, Mary S. Bruen, Phillis M. McMurdo, Laura Lathrop, Effie Andrews, Mary E. Marcy, Martha L. Strang, K. D. Grant, Caroline S. Bates, Edward P. Bates