May 4, 1912
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No
matter what may be our work or our position, we each need the other's help and encouragement and good will at all times.
Before
he closed the writing of the law of God upon the tables of stone, Moses, reminded of the mutual obligation of honesty which rests alike upon all men, and of the care with which one individual should in righteousness handle the character of his fellows if led to speak of them, wrote, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
The
earnest student of Christian Science is apt to find many helpful lessons in the ordinary business life, and among those which have come to me is the following: Quite recently I had a long, difficult piece of stenographic work given me to do, with the understanding that it must be finished at a certain time, though the hour set seemed altogether too soon to hope for its being completed.
Some
time ago I asked my husband to make me a softwood board about twenty-six inches long and six inches wide and to put hooks and wire on it so that it could be hung on the wall.
Many
persons who do not understand Christian Science are bitter in their denunciation of a price set on Christian Science healing.
Impelled
by youth's impatienceAnd dreams of joys to be,I urged old Time to hasten,—But never hastened he.
The criticism of a lecture on Christian Science, contained in your issue of the 15th inst.
Christian Science does not teach that one may "just believe that there is nothing the matter with you and you will get well.
That Christian Scientists are "deaf to the world's cry of pain and poverty" is an anomalous charge in view of the fact that the whole trend of their teaching is toward the alleviation and ultimate abolition of these very things, and its adherents are constantly going about doing good, in accordance with the command of the Master to "heal" as well as to "preach.
In a recent issue of a religious paper published in Dayton, Ohio, the editor writes on the subject of "Final Authority," and after referring to Catholics and Mormons, says: "The Christian Science people say it [the final authority] is Mrs.
One of the most forceful proverbs of Scripture reads on this wise, "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
To state that "prayer is unnecessary" is not only to misquote Mrs.
Although
we do not nowadays hear so frequently as formerly the assertion that "Christian Science is neither Christian nor scientific," the belief expressed in these words still prevails in many quarters; namely, that the followers of this faith are outside the pale of evangelical Christianity.
The
children in a Christian Science Sunday school class were once asked by their teacher why it was necessary to have a lesson on "Unreality" after studying one on "Reality.
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The next admission of candidates will be May 31, 1912.
I feel that I should make a public expression of the benefits I have received in Christian Science.
I wish to express my love and gratitude to God, and in the hope that it may help some one I give this testimony.
Some one has said that Christian Science is the unfolding of good in individual consciousness, and my experience is that the statement is true.
Christian Science came to my notice many years ago through the healing.
It is with thankfulness in my heart to God and love for my fellow men that I humbly give this testimony to what Christian Science has done for me.
About eleven years ago I was advised by my mother to try Christian Science.
I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for all the good that has come to me through Christian Science, also for the healing of my daughter, fifteen months old, of a skin disease and bowel trouble from which she had suffered since birth.
I wish every one knew this wonderful healing truth which has come to bless us and all mankind.
I wish to add my testimony to the benefits received through Christian Science.
From childhood I suffered from a weak heart, and as I grew older I continued to manifest weakness of the nerves.
For years I suffered with stomach trouble, which, as several physicians assured me, had become chronic.
In the prophecy of Isaiah we have this pormise: "Fear thou not; for I am with thee;" and in Science and Health Mrs.
When Christian Science was recommended to me as a remedial agent, I was a very sick woman, neuralgia, heart trouble, and weaknesses peculiar to women being the predominant troubles.
It is difficult for me to enumerate the many times when Christian Science has benefited me, for it has been a continual help since I was twelve years old.
Just
because a little snowdrop raised her head above the snow,Just because a dancing sunbeam touched a pale cheek into glow,Just because one bird is singing in the woodland sweet and clear,We have caught the whispered message, "Lift your heads, for spring is here!"
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The Christian Science Text-Book
, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
