March 13, 1909
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Most mortals are willing to work patiently and indefatigably for the accomplishment of their material plans,—for the possession of wealth, political power, social distinction, or any of the various prizes and baubles that attract mankind.
Every one is interested in the problems that confront the civil engineer, and no one problem is more interesting than that of highway or road construction.
Some years ago a distinguished clergyman was inspecting the machinery in a large manufacturing establishment.
It was in a certain Christian Science Sunday School in a western town, and the room was decorated with a large bouquet of lilies.
When
stating to others the facts of divine Science, it is a great mistake to feel under personal obligations to convince our hearers immediately of the truth, beauty, and beneficence of what we are saying.
The
fields of corn are peaceful 'neath the burning August sun;The languid rivers placid as their gentle course they run;The loitering bees, the swallows drifting through the drowsy air,Give not a hint of browning leaves nor winter's crystal glare!
One suggestion for the better observance of the Sabbath is that the parsons stick to their texts.
In asserting that all diseases are of material origin, and therefore that the only way to heal them is by the use of material means, the critic entirely ignores the teaching and practice of Jesus, the greatest and most successful healer the world has ever known.
The Christian Science movement has steadily advanced, during the forty years of its existence, in the face of the most bitter opposition from the advocates of other systems of religion and healing, and this critic's attack is in no way unlike a thousand others which have marked the steady advance of this denomination.
The personality of God in the largest, broadest sense is not denied by Christian Science, but person in the ordinary sense could not compass unlimited power everywhere at the same moment, as does an omnipotent, omnipresent God.
The letter signed "Explorer," printed in your issue of the 3d inst.
To gain a correct understanding of the teachings of Christian Science one must start with the premise that God is perfect, good, and all-inclusive.
After enumerating many of the good works that Christian Science is accomplishing, our reverend critic says, "But the problem remains—How deal with Christian Science?
In the course of the most masterful sermon ever preached, the greatest Teacher that ever lived left the following clear and unmistakable words with his hearers, words which have been preserved to us during the intervening ages, a fact which attests their truth and practicability: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Christian Science declares that matter is a false concept of the human mind, but further adds, that as this false concept is destroyed, the divine mind and its manifestation will appear.
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The author of the Christian Science text-book takes no patients, and reads no letters on disease, distress, or error of any kind.
There
has recently come to our notice, through a friend, a letter written by a prominent citizen of Spokane, Wash.
No
Bible story is given a more dramatic setting than that of the fateful truth-test upon the summit of Mount Carmel, as told by the author of the book of Kings.
It
sometimes happens that the beginner in Christian Science is puzzled by the apparent inconsistency of the statement that God knows all our needs and supplies them; and the declaration that God, being Spirit, cannot know materiality.
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It is now over four years since I first heard of Christian Science.
About three years ago, when Christian Science first found me, I was a hopeless wreck.
I feel very grateful that I am able to bear my humble testimony for what Christian Science has done for me.
It is with a grateful heart that I write this testimony of the many blessings which Christian Science has brought me.
I feel that I should not delay any longer to tell of the good I have received from Christian Science.
It is now over two years since I was healed in Christian Science.
I had a chronic stomach complaint for a number of years, and was attended by the best physicians available, but found no permanent cure.
Many times I have desired to express my gratitude to Mrs.
With a heart overflowing with love and gratitude to God I give this testimony.
Something over two years ago I was taken with what seemed at the time to be a severe cold.
In August, 1904, a great sorrow came into my life, my dear husband being suddenly taken from me.
Two years ago, when I was in great need, both mentally and physically, and was earnestly praying for something better in life, Christian Science was brought to me.
Words cannot express our gratitude to our beloved Leader, Mrs.
The benefits I have received from Christian Science are so many, and mean so much to me, that I feel I must give public expression to them, and at the same time express my gratitude to our revered Leader, Mrs.
It is about ten years since I became interested in Christian Science.
A few years ago, while playing baseball, I had the misfortune to receive a serious injury, the collar-bone protruding from its place and causing much pain.
It is now about seven years since I became interested in Christian Science, and during that time this truth has healed me and my daughter of every sickness that has come upon us.
With gratitude to God I acknowledge my lifelong debt to Christian Science.
I feel it a duty I owe to God, and to our beloved Leader, Mrs.
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The Christian Science Text-Book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
