The
character of the Carpathian mountains is described in the guide-books as rugged, bold, and forbidding, with mountain scenery of the wildest description, — "barren fissured rocks, precipitous and inaccessible crests, and bleak, rock-cumbered valleys containing deep and lonely tarns.
In
a book of selections from the Talmud there is a quaint tradition of the early life of Abraham which has a close parallel in the experience of many of those who turn to the Christian Science concept of God for relief from the woes of sense.
As
one who has gained much happiness as well as success in business through the application of the Principle of Christian Science, I am glad of the privilege of relating how this has been brought about, more especially as my experience may be of assistance to those who are in business trouble.
The parallel between the present ministerial attack on Christian Science and the attack made by the same class of people nineteen centuries ago on the teachings of Christ Jesus is indeed striking.
I have just read with interest your friendly comment on Christian Science and The Christian Science Monitor in a recent issue of The Sun, in which you say, "We believe there are such things as poverty, misfortune, crime, disease, and death.
In
our Wednesday evening meetings and in our periodicals many testimonies are given of the betterment of social and business conditions through the application of the rule of Christian Science to every problem that presents itself in human experience, and to the person who analyzes these testimonies it is very apparent that to the extent in which unselfishness and right desire prevail in the thought of the Christian Scientist, to that extent is a blessing received.
Long-time
familiarity with the sermonic feature of the customary religious service is likely to bring one a great surprise when he discovers, on first attending a Christian Science church, that personal preaching has been eliminated from the order of exercises.
with contributions from D. A. Clippinger, Frederick J. Mann, F. O. Chellis, Clarence P. Sawyer, J. W. Iden, Edwin Park, A. R. Stedman, A. P. Park, William F. Furman, Herbert Bartlett, Rosalie G. Amory
As I look over the past year, my gratitude and love to God for all that Christian Science has done for me is so great that I esteem it a privilege to tell others of it, for I had been doomed to a life of total blindness by materia medica.
"Seek, and ye shall find," spake the Master, teaching on the shores of Galilee; and the truth of these words was made manifest in my own experience in a wonderful way.
My youngest son, born four years ago, manifested several ailments which induced me, in accordance with the advice of our country physician, to take him to a clinique in town.
I feel that the time has come for me to give utterance, through the columns of the Sentinel, to what Christian Science has done for me and my family, hoping that the seed will not be sown in vain.
I desire to express my thankfulness to God for Christian Science, but it would take too long if I were to tell all that has been done for me since over a year ago.
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with contributions from D. A. Clippinger, Frederick J. Mann, F. O. Chellis, Clarence P. Sawyer, J. W. Iden, Edwin Park, A. R. Stedman, A. P. Park, William F. Furman, Herbert Bartlett, Rosalie G. Amory