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would seem that the chief difficulty with which the young student of Christian Science has to contend is his inability to accept the fact that the whole of material existence is a falsity, something in the nature of a dream.
What is quite unnecessary, what is really, when you come to think of it, quite deplorable, is the unworthy little insinuation, which our critic drags in by the scruff of the neck, that Mrs.
The critics of Christian Science are apt to speak in a somewhat proprietary tone about "true religion" and "orthodox Christianity," for all the world as though such terms had some definite and accepted meaning, and did not constitute a begging of the whole question at issue.
Those unfamiliar with and disposed to be critical of Christian Science should remember that the doctrine of Christ and him crucified, as presented by St.
If the writer in a late issue really believes that Christian Science teaches the divinity of a human personality, Christian Science must indeed appear to him "the greatest humbug.
It is asked in a late issue, "How can physicians who apply medicine and surgery to the healing of ills be reputable physicians in the eyes of Christian Scientists?
The time has long since passed that one may assume the role of misapprehension when attacking the teaching of Christian Science, for the opportunities to learn the truth concerning this religion are everywhere at hand.
Christian Scientists believe that the works of Jesus, his disciples, and the early Christians were miraculous in the ordinary sense, but were divinely natural when considered in their true light.
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by the passing years or season's beautyMark we our growth, as sowers watch the seed;Not e'en in reckoning the hourly dutyWhich gains a goal or satisfies a greed.
with contributions from Grace E. Allen, Adele J. Barker, R. W. Fiske, Mary E. Sutton, Ella Sweet, Charlotte D. Holcombe, Anna M. Shrewsbury, B. Rush Petrikin, Alice L. Hall, Jacob S. Shield, Helen A. Allen, Committee, Martha E. Burns, Henry L. Upton, M. Emma Ellis, Melville Wight, Edna L. Upton, Walter H. Vanzwoll, Mary W. Haring, Casper M. Haring, Helen Sondheim, Mary A. Bally
Christian Science found me an invalid, and the first one to convey this teaching to me was a sister of mine who lived on a farm in the state of Washington.
With a heart overflowing with gratitude, I join the glad throng who with rejoicing testify that they have been healed through Christian Science treatment.
To say that I am very, very thankful for Christian Science, for the good which has come to me from the study and understanding of it, does not seem to express my thought.
I would like to relate an experience which, through the understanding of Christian Science, afforded me proof of the truth of God's omnipotence and omnipresence.
When Christian Science was first suggested to me, it was after many of the best and most eminent physicians, both in America and in London and Paris, had entirely failed to give me anything but temporary relief from sleeplessness and a severe stomach disorder of fifteen years' standing.
O Blessed
Truth!Thou art the guide that found me,Depressed and weary, with a sense of pain;Banished all fear, with loving arms around me,Taught me of Soul, and made me joy again!
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with contributions from Grace E. Allen, Adele J. Barker, R. W. Fiske, Mary E. Sutton, Ella Sweet, Charlotte D. Holcombe, Anna M. Shrewsbury, B. Rush Petrikin, Alice L. Hall, Jacob S. Shield, Helen A. Allen, Committee, Martha E. Burns, Henry L. Upton, M. Emma Ellis, Melville Wight, Edna L. Upton, Walter H. Vanzwoll, Mary W. Haring, Casper M. Haring, Helen Sondheim, Mary A. Bally