ONE
of the numberless benefits of Christian Science is the understanding which it gives of the possibility of overcoming the sense of lack or limitation in any direction.
MOST
people are familiar with the story of Peter's attempt to walk on the water, but the Master's gentle rebuke for his failure to continue doing so, is of special interest to Christian Scientists.
"And I sought, whence is evil: I set before the eye of my spirit the whole creation: whatsoever we see therein,—sea, earth, air, stars, trees, moral creatures,—yea, and whatsoever there is we do not see,—angels and spiritual powers.
The charge that the Christ-healing was the work not of God, but of the devil, was brought long years ago against the great Founder of Christianity himself, and he warned the faithful followers of his time that they too would be relieved, and the good they should do be attributed to Beelzebub.
The Christian Scientist does not, as a rule, undervalue the service which the intelligent and self-sacrificing physician renders to his fellow-man, therefore he can read the report of Dr.
The results of Christian Science practice are not accomplished through blind belief or through the operation of suggestion, auto-suggestion, or other phases of hypnotism.
Christian Science Mind-healing is entirely different from the various forms of mental healing which employ the human will or depend upon the supposed power of the human mind.
THERE
should be no need, in view of the By-law forbidding the use of formulas, to caution Christian Scientists against assisting in the circulation of so-called "endless chain" prayers, but from the fact that these formulas are being received by many persons it seems necessary to sound a note of warning.
OCCASIONALLY
we hear some one express surprise that students of Christian Science should ever fail to complete their demonstrations of spiritual law, operative in the healing of disease or other discords.
For years I was a searcher after the truth, yet never was satisfied that I had found it until the spring of 1905, when I was invited by friends to attend a service in First Church of Christ, New York city.
With a deep sense of gratitude to our dear Leader for showing me the way to a better understanding of God, I feel it my duty to tell what Christian Science has done for me, in the hope that it may help some poor sufferer.
I wish to express at least a part of the gratitude I feel for what the new and larger understanding of Christ, Truth, has done for me through Christian Science.
I first heard of Christian Science ten years ago, when a friend who had just come in touch with this new-old truth told me of its power over sickness and death.
My heart is so full of gratitude, quite unlike any I have ever before known, for the revealed truth of being made known to me in my search for health in Christian Science, as taught by our revered Leader, Mrs.
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