Material
things seem real to mortal consciousness, and to this consciousness it seems natural to look to materiality in some form to supply whatever is needed or desired.
It
is the heartfelt desire of every Christian Scientist, the natural expression of his gratitude for the joy Truth has brought him, to tell others of the good he has gained; but if we would feed the Father's sheep, we must listen for the Father's voice.
One
evening, several years ago, a girl reclining on a couch at the foot of an invalid's bed, keeping careful guard over the work of an incompetent nurse, was surprised at the anxiety expressed by the sufferer as to the adjustment of the gas and windows.
When our Lord had the discussion with the woman of Samaria at the well, the woman said: "Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
People have become adherents of Christian Science because it has brought them out of the gloom of much sorrow and tribulation and lifted them into the sunshine of Truth; it has turned them away from many subtle forms of error, destroyed their fears, and turned them to God, infinite, tender Love.
Of course if one were satisfied with misstating another person's premises, there is no particular reason why one should not reduce their conclusions to a reductio ad absurdum.
Your correspondent states that "all true Christian make the Word of God their sole rule of faith and practice, and hold that it contains all things necessary to man's salvation," and then goes on to say, "but Mrs.
Our critic says that preachers, editors, physicians and philosophers have been for years trying to show the "deluded people," who are carried away by Christian Science the errors and deception of this "despicable superstition," but that "in spite of all their efforts it grows by leaps and bounds.
A clergyman tells us that "the duty of the Christian minister is to warn people against danger and error," and he quotes the Scripture, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
"Half the people of the present day only imagine that they are ill, and the present fad of the medical profession in adding disease to disease has led many people to call in physicians where they would formerly have applied a little common sense and been well in a few days.
Treatment in Christian Science consists of eliminating fear from the thought of the patient, uplifting his faith and hope to a final realization of God's power to heal, and thus produces on the body the effects of normal functional action.
Through
long, long years I stumbled, deaf and blindTo all the truths thou camest to unfold:Poor, blind, and self-imprisoned; with vain criesAnd eyes perverse, looking afar to findBlessings that groping hands, by taking hold,Might more than overflowing fulness know.
In
Science and Health we read that "Moses advanced a nation to the worship of God in Spirit instead of matter, and illustrated the grand human capacities of being bestowed by immortal Mind".
Religious
history has disclosed no more persistent mortal predisposition than that which leads men to center their interests upon some human sense or symbol of the truth, or some phenomenon of its unfoldment, and give this such emphasis in thought that in the end they quite pass by the truth itself.
with contributions from Clifford P. Smith, Nemi Robertson, S. B. Cheatham, Percie Proctor, Eden Tatem, Bessie Dean, Margaret Hume Anderson, William Albert Burnham, Elizabeth Ross, William Mills
Christian Science in Aldershot, and Aldershot means also the extensive surrounding district, received further impetus by the lecture delivered by Francis J.
I have been interested in Christian Science for two years, and through its teaching I have been so helped and have realized such a change of thought, that I feel as if I had literally been born again, or had had an awakening to a true understanding of the reality of being.
In studying one of the Lesson-Sermons I was impressed with this thought from Isaiah: "I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord;" and I wish to tell, with the thousands of others, what God has done in our home, through Christian Science.
Recently one who was going through the neighborhood, collecting money for the poor, conceived the idea of announcing his approach by playing on a cornet the familiar strain, "Tell me the old, old story of Jesus and his love.
While reading the current issue of the Journal, wherein I found a great many helpful passages, the thought came to me, Why not write your testimony now?
For a number of years I was afflicted, suffering a great deal with what the doctor called chronic diseases, such as cough, headaches, and a very bad leg and foot.
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with contributions from Clifford P. Smith, Nemi Robertson, S. B. Cheatham, Percie Proctor, Eden Tatem, Bessie Dean, Margaret Hume Anderson, William Albert Burnham, Elizabeth Ross, William Mills