Some
mountain climbers who were bent on reaching one of the high peaks of the Alps, came to a point where the narrow path on a ledge overhanging a deep precipice was almost completely blocked by a great rock that had been loosened from its moorings by recent rains.
At
some point in the experience of the beginner in Christian Science there comes to him the desire to join The Mother Church, and also his local branch church.
It was to be observed in a recent issue that a certain bishop injected an attack on Christian Science into the baccalaureate sermon which he delivered at Dartmouth College.
If critics of Christian Science who are fond of repeating that it is a mingling of idealism and pantheism would only study its text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
Christian Scientists the world over, it is asserted, testify that having the Mind of Christ is the goal toward which they are daily striving, but which they could not find as the aim of the churches they left.
In the column Health Hints by "Medico," there recently appeared a reference to Christian Science which might have achieved much in the chart of merit had its purport been that of stating merely what Christian Science practice is not.
Not very long ago the writer heard a man publicly denounce Christian Science because a friend of his had died while undergoing what he understood was Christian Science treatment.
The remark that "Christian Science is capable of doing both harm and good," which appeared in your paper, is apparently the result of a misunderstanding on the speaker's part.
Why a writer in a recent issue should refer to autosuggestion as a "sort of Christian Science," it is hard to imagine, for there is nothing in common between them.
To
the Christian Scientist all right thinking, all real progress, and all that makes for the good of humanity is the manifestation of infinite Mind, God.
A Study
of the book of Acts and of the various epistles reveals the fact that considerable time and growth in grace were needed in order to reconcile the differing views of those who were at that day accepting Christianity.
I regret to record that our family for many years scoffed at the thought of Christian Science healing, although help along this line was lovingly proffered from time to time by friends who were students of this great subject.
I have been healed through Christian Science of painful corns, the fear of poison-oak, severe headache, an impatient disposition, and other weaknesses.
My first reading in the Christian Science literature taught me that to work out life's problems aright I must get a clear understanding of God, divine Principle.
I am deeply grateful for the moral regeneration which comes through the study of Christian Science, for the overcoming of so-called human will and selfishness, and for the healing power of Truth and Love, which destroys all false beliefs and practices.
With a grateful heart I feel that it is time for me to add my mite in the Master's name, in the hope that it may help some one as I have been helped by reading the testimonies in the Sentinel.
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