May 11, 1912
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The United States representatives to the international radio-telegraphic conference in London, next June, have been announced at the state department.
It
is being daily borne in upon Christian Scientists, very largely no doubt through the instrumentality of the Monitor, that the Christian Science movement is inevitably destined to take a leading place among the forces which are shaping the development of human thought in its emergence, socially and economically, from the restraints of the past into a better conception of liberty and freedom.
One
of the most common complaints heard from students of Christian Science is that of lack of time.
When
the Master said, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest," he spoke for Christ, Truth, as he declared.
The
current theological conception that death sets free a man's soul from his body, and that this soul then awaits the judgment day to determine whether it is to partake of the joys of heaven or be banished to the tortures of hell, often haunts those who are beginning to study Christian Science, for we cannot at once rid ourselves of our old, hampering beliefs.
We
read in the first chapter of Genesis that God created the earth and everything upon it, and that it was "very good.
To
attempt to embody in words the beneficial effect of Christian Science on mankind today, seems futile; it needs the inspired thought to grasp even in a slight degree the works accomplished by those loyal students whose lives have been and are consecrated to the healing and to the uplifting of humanity.
In
the text-book of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
Dear
little bird, lie still, lie still,O fear-hushed, wounded, broken thing,That beat against the tempest's rageAnd fell to earth, all quivering.
In a recent issue you reported a discussion before the Saturday Lunch Club which contains the complaint that state legislatures refuse "to enact laws guarding the health of the people, because the Christian Scientists and League for Medical Freedom object to them.
Spiritual healing is healing through the power of the divine Mind; therefore to limit this healing to functional disease is itself undertaking to limit the power of God.
If drugs are sent by God, why did not Jesus use them?
Every well-informed physician knows that the drug system is not a science.
In a late issue of your paper I find that the president of the state board of health, in commenting on some opposition which his force has experienced in trying to get certain people to clean their premises, takes the opportunity to say that "the situation is not one to be met with absent treatment or Christian Science.
In a recent issue a sermon on the subject of "Divine Healing" is reported.
The recent controversy over the merits and demerits of healing, engendered by sermons from a local pulpit, would perhaps not justify any further comment, as it has been profitably considered in communications and editorials from many angles.
I am not a Christian Scientist, but a reader of everything that claims to be instructive, and some years ago I read Mrs.
Students
of Christian Science are sometimes asked by others who are interested in the subject, whether they place greater emphasis upon denial or upon affirmation in their Science work.
The
history of human suffering has been a continuous narration of hope and disappointment, of struggle and defeat.
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The next admission of candidates will be May 31, 1912.
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On the 25th of February a lecture on Christian Science was delivered by Virgil O.
"Joy to the world, the Lord is come!" We rejoice with exceeding joy and gladness at the coming to us of a nearer and dearer sense of God and His Christ, through the divine word as brought to us by our beloved Leader, Mrs.
Christian Science has done so much for me that I cannot find words to express my gratitude.
I have received so many benefits from Christian Science that I feel it a duty as well as a pleasure to send my testimony to our periodicals, and by this to make a little of my gratitude known to the world, that some one who sees it and who may be suffering as I was, can still have hope and help.
I have received so many benefits from Christian Science that I feel impelled to tell others, that they too may come to this fountain of "living waters" and drink.
I wish to express my gratitude so that others may know what Christian Science has done for me.
God has been so good to me in unnumbered ways that I feel I must tell the glad tidings so that other seekers for the truth may know its healing power.
I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science.
I am truly glad of the opportunity given us in bearing testimony to the wonderful benefits of Christian Science.
I did not take up the study of Christian Science for physical help, but was attracted to it through the healing of my wife.
Deep gratitude impels me to tell of the wonderful healing which my son experienced in 1908.
I came into Christian Science about a year ago, and am very thankful for all that it has done for me.
With a deep sense of gratitude for the teachings of Christian Science and for its publications which come to us daily, weekly, and monthly, laden with instruction from those who are laboring diligently for the good of humanity, and with messages of love and gratitude from those who have been awakened to the facts of spiritual existence and are thereby being liberated from the bondage of material sense, I am impelled to send the following testimony.
On reviewing my last eight years in Christian Science, I wish to tell others through the Sentinel of an experience which stands out as the one for which I am most grateful, trusting it may help some one to "stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
It is now over three years since I was healed by Christian Science, and during that time my family and myself have had many proofs of Truth's healing power.
With a heart full of gratitude I wish to express through the columns of the Sentinel my love and appreciation of this glorious truth revealed to us through our beloved Leader, Mrs.
With a grateful heart I wish to thank God for my healing.
I feel it a duty to add my testimony to those of many others who have been benefited by Christian Science.
It seems almost impossible for me to express in words my deep sense of gratitude to God for the treasure which He has led me to find in Mrs.
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The Christian Science Text-Book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
