July 20, 1912
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People who are trying to economize are to be shown how to save fifty million dollars a year when the report of the marketing committee of the New York state food investigating commission is out next month, according to a prediction made by the counsel for the committee.
A recent
experience enabled the writer to see for himself that Christian Science is in truth a world religion.
The
Manual of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.
To
the casual inquirer Christian Scientists must at times seem contradictory in their statements; for instance, when a stranger attends a Wednesday evening service and hears clear and impressive testimonies of healing, and then, perhaps next day, is told by a friend of "so and so" who "tried Christian Science" and it "did not do him a bit of good.
An
important position in the Christian Science church is that of the usher.
Sometimes
beginners in the study of Christian Science ask, "If evil is not real, then how did the belief in its reality originate?
Some weeks ago comment was permitted in your paper on an attack on Christian Science which appeared in an inter-denominational religious monthly," reproduced locally for Australian circulation.
In answer to our critic, in his recent sermon, it should be understood that Christian Scientists do not entice any one from the churches; those who come from the churches have proved the truth in Christian Science for themselves, in the healing of moral or physical infirmities, and a large percentage of these have been healed after all other means had failed.
In a recent issue there appeared a signed article which raises the question as to whether Christian Science and Judaism are one and the same thing.
Christian Science is scientific Christianity, or the Science of the truth expounded by Christ Jesus.
Your writer has been kind enough to concede some virtue to Christian Science, at the same time disclaiming for it so much as a "sisterhood with science.
Christian Science recognizes that all power, all knowledge, all presence, all action, is vested in God, Spirit, and that therefore the real universe which He created is spiritual, perfect, and harmonious.
Thou
mayest not, perchance, a mount remove,Or change the crystal water into wine,—The dead restore, or heal through power divineThe multitude that seek this power to prove:Yet think ye not such marvelous works behooveA favored mortal or predestined line;Nor, scoffing, give no credence till a signThy faith awaken and thy doubt reprove.
Frequently
at the Wednesday evening meetings we hear testimonies given in which the speaker includes a statement of his gratitude for the greater prosperity which he is enjoying in his business affairs, and to a stranger who is attending a Christian Science service for the first time, this statement may prove somewhat puzzling.
There
are few men, and none of parts, who do not erect and dream over their castles in Spain, who have not outlined an ideal of earthly circumstance and surroundings with which they associate the thought of happiness and satisfaction; and the difficulty of many a task, the weight of many a burden, has been temporarily lessened by this ministry of hope, the promise it gives of a sometimes success.
All
thoughtful people discover sooner or later that selfdenial in its broadest sense must be practised, if real and lasting progress is to be made in any direction, and some Christians have carried this form of self-discipline to great length, so far as outward indulgences are concerned, who clearly have not understood the Master's teaching on this subject.
Ground is being broken today [March 27] on the southeast corner of Bailey street and Washington avenue for the site of a handsome church building which, when completed, will cost fully five thousand dollars unfurnished.
Unbounded gratitude urges me to relate some of the great blessings granted me since the truth was presented at a time when I was in great need.
I wish to give my testimony to the healing power of divine Truth as taught in Christian Science.
After a fall on a polished floor in March, 1911, it seemed that there was a severe injury to the spine.
So many times I have been helped and encouraged by the testimonies in the Sentinel that it has occurred to me I, too, might in this way be the means of helping some one else.
I feel it is time for me to give my testimony to those who need, as I did, what Christian Science has done for me and mine.
When Christian Science was first presented to me, twenty years ago, I grasped it with an eagerness that has never abated.
I came to Christian Science for something with which to sustain my life.
For over ten years I was afflicted with sleeplessness.
I have been healed in Christian Science of eye, nose, ear, and throat trouble, which I had after a relapse in a case of fever when I was seven or eight years old.
I have just been reading the Sentinel, stored with its treasures of good news from thankful hearts, that are unable to utter all that they know and feel; and how can I tell of the many blessings which have come to me through Christian Science?
For a long time I have felt that I must in some way express my great debt of gratitude for Christian Science, and I know no better way to do so than to give an account through the Sentinel of some of the many blessings I have received.
I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science, for what it has done and is doing in my daily life.
I wish to express my deep gratitude for the truth that has been revealed to me through the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
I am indeed grateful for the many blessings which have come to me through Christian Science.
Out
in the west I'd watched the red sun setting,And fancied day was dying—light had fled.
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The Christian Science Text-Book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
