October 3, 1914
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The
only kind of prayer that was used or commended by the Master and his apostles was the prayer of faith, that is, a living reliance upon what they understood of God.
The
great thinkers of the world who have pressed home the question of the sources of knowledge, have shown that in the last analysis all we know is thought, since the process of knowing is itself a process of thinking.
The
other day I was having a most interesting conversation with my daughter.
An
experience, the remembrance of which is continually recurring with ever-increasing thankfulness to God, may help some one to see how ever ready our heavenly Father is to help and guide us if we really turn to Him with all our hearts.
In
that wonderfully vivid description of the temptation in the wilderness, Milton in his "Paradise Regained" depicts "the evil one" as reminding Jesus that "all knowledge is not couched in Moses' law,.
In a recent issue there is a reference to the report of the clerical and medical committee on mental healing, and also a statement by Dr.
Considerable publicity has been given the sermon on Christian Science by the Rev.
My attention has been drawn to an editorial, recently published in your paper, which referred to the home secretary's method of dealing with suffragettes.
At the outset of his discourse on Christian Science, a report of which appeared in a recent issue, the Rev.
The wonderful progress which Christian Science has made, and its remarkable growth in less than half a century from a little handful to more than a million of adherents, its revival of primitive Christianity, healing and teaching as the Master commanded,—all this has brought forth much comment from pulpit and press.
Permit us to call to your attention a misstatement of Christian Science by Edwin F.
Notwithstanding
the call to active, positive demonstration of Christian Science which pervades Mrs.
Men
are sometimes well worthy of study when they express as their own conviction what in fact is but the reflection of an inherited mental attitude, the resultant of centuries of teaching.
Among
other important changes which have come over religious thought in the last half century is that respecting the communication between God and man.
A few years ago we came to Christian Science for the healing of our child.
Almost nine years ago I began the study of Christian Science for the physical help I hoped to receive from its teachings, also to learn of God as a Father-Mother, for I had at that time sustained the deep sense of loss of my only parent.
When about eight years of age, I began to wonder why the works of Christ Jesus and his disciples were not brought out now, as well as in the Master's time; but when I questioned others, I generally got the answer that these works were for Jesus' time only, and we could not understand them.
Five years ago, while suffering from an acute intestinal disease, the after effects of what was named "Asiatic cholera," I began to read Science and Health merely out of curiosity to know something of the teaching of Christian Science, rather than with any hope of being benefited.
I can truthfully say that I have been helped more than I can tell through Christian Science.
It is with the deepest thankfulness to God for Christian Science that I give the following testimony of mental surgery.
In July, 1911, having been pronounced by my physician dangerously ill from an infection, and feeling certain that I would not live more than a very few days, I was persuaded by my wife to try Christian Science.
All who have experienced the healing touch of divine Love, feel the responsibility of telling other suffering mortals about the way of escape.
I hope the readers of the Sentinel will find the same joy and gladness in reading my testimony that I find in reading the testimonies of others.
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The Christian Science Text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
