November 27, 1915
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Moonlight schools, so called because conducted during moonlight nights, are meeting with success in various communities in Kentucky, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
If
asked how good he would like to be, the average Christian would probably indicate that nothing less than perfection would satisfy him; but just how hard the average person is willing to work, or how much he is prepared to sacrifice to attain that ideal, is a vastly different matter.
In
February, 1912, the writer gave in The Mother Church his first verbal testimony concerning his healing.
While
still a girl in high school the writer well remembers how the principal of the school deplored the fact that the pupils worked the problems in arithmetic simply to obtain the answer as it was to be found in the back of the book.
Frequently
the complaint has been made by those of other churches that the teachings of Christian Science do not insist upon the necessity of the rite of baptism.
To
the human sense, the question sometimes presents itself, Who am I that there should be a right place for me?
An
illustration of how Truth works in our consciousness, if we are faithful in doing our part, came to the writer while studying one of the Lesson-Sermons.
When
in a moment of spiritual awakening so-called genius attempts the impossible, as it often does, aspiration meets its most serious commitment.
A speaker from New York city advertised that he would lecture upon Christian Science, which he designated as an "anti-Christian cult.
It would hardly seem possible that a minister of the gospel of Jesus the Christ should cherish any desire to discredit the religious convictions of his neighbor, no matter what those convictions might be.
A number of tracts attacking Christian Science have recently been circulated in our city.
There is nothing in Christian Science to warrant the statement that it teaches that sin does not exist to mortal sense, or that it is imaginary.
A point made by our clerical critic is that all cheer and healing in Christian Science could be found outside of it.
I am not a Christian Scientist, but I would like to ask the clerical critic if he ever attended a Christian Science meeting and if he knows anything whatever about the Christian Science creed.
The writers in two published letters disagree with a Christian Science lecturer who in the course of his address made the statement that "Jesus never claimed to be God.
One might think from the recent remarks of an evangelist that Christian Scientists wilfully close their eyes to sinful conditions and without trying to overcome or destroy them pass on with the superficial remark, "There is no sin;" yet nothing could be farther from the truth.
Christian Science does not teach the worship or following of any personality, but it sets forth the fundamental fact that God is the Principle and law of being, who creates, governs, guides, protects, and provides all sustenance for that which exists in fact.
Efforts
of the doctors to bring about compulsory medical examination of school children and others are not on the wane, and it is quite evident from newspaper reports that where they have succeeded in having this work done, little if any regard has been paid to the wishes and protests of parents, or even to the simple dictates of modesty.
There
are perhaps not many who take the trouble to discriminate between faith and mere credulity, which is defined as "a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
In
his splendidly daring self-defense before Festus, Felix, and Agrippa, St.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts, announces a free public lecture on Christian Science by Willis F.
Gratitude for the complete change Christian Science has made in my life impels me to give this testimony.
I first became interested in Christian Science through my mother's wonderful healing, and began to study it principally to learn how such a healing could possibly have taken place, and also to learn how to be able to help others, as I knew so many who needed help and did not seem to be getting it.
In the early part of September, 1910, my little daughter developed symptoms of incipient typhoid fever, and within ten days the disorder had assumed a grave aspect.
It is with thankfulness to God, and gratitude to our beloved Leader, Mrs.
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done in curing an abnormal growth on my little daughter's head.
Since I came into Christian Science many evidences of the ever-presence of divine Love have been vouchsafed me.
I am very grateful for what Christian Science has done for me and for my family, as well as for all mankind.
I desire to express my gratitude for the many blessings which have come to me through the ministration of Christian Science.
As a last resort I applied to Christian Science for relief from a very painful and distressing eye trouble from which I had suffered for about a year.
From the time that I was two years old until I went to a Christian Science practitioner for help, I cannot remember a day when I was free from pain.
To those whose healing comes slowly I wish to tell a portion of my experience.
It was in the fall of 1912 that I first heard of Christian Science.
Article
The
Christian Science Text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
