One
of the unmistakable signs of an enlightened government is the fact that it insures to its honest citizens the peaceful possession of all their inherent rights and privileges.
The
spoken and the written word, imparted to us by means of the so-called physical senses, furnishes but a material means of communication, despite the purity of diction in which it way be clothed.
Before
the teachings of Christian Science came to leaven the thought of the world, a man's sense of goodness was often measured by the amount of suffering he endured, and also by the degree to which he could efface himself, in other words, keep himself in the background.
A million torches, lighted by Thy hand,Wander unwearied through the blue abyss;They own Thy power, accomplish Thy command—All gay with life, all eloquent with bliss.
My comment has been requested on a letter from a Lutheran minister which you recently published, in which he announced his discovery that Christian Science denies the deity of Jesus.
The Thorn bill, legitimatizing the practice of Christian Science healing in New York state, now before the judiciary committee of the Assembly, should be reported by that committee and passed.
In reply to an article entitled "Healing with No License," in a recent issue, permit me to assure you and your readers that Christian Scientists have no desire to amend the medical practice act in so far as that act applies to the practice of medicine, but they certainly have a desire to amend it in so far as it goes outside its domain to place spiritual communion with the Almighty in the same category with drugs and surgery and to drag the law of God down to the level of human codes.
My attention has been called to the Times of recent date, in which an evangelist is reported as having ridiculed the contention of Christian Scientists that material things are unreal.
In your kindly reference to Christian Science, you make the statement that "it is based largely upon the belief that many of the ills the flesh is supposed to be heir to are but vagaries of the mind; that the cultivation of will-power and the creation of beautiful thoughts will tend to alleviate the greater portion of these.
Notwithstanding
the general and rapid growth of Christian Science throughout the world, attention is occasionally called to some city or town wherein there has seemingly been little or no progress made in the years in which this religion has been making great strides in near-by places.
Men
have ever sought to propitiate or influence a power which they have not even tried to understand, but which they have greatly feared, and the result has been chronicled in the pitiful idolatries of the world, in the worship of might and money, and many other things.
During many years, proofs of the healing power of Christian Science have accumulated in my experience, and I know beyond all doubt that scientific right thinking is preventive and restorative.
It is now over seven years since I took up the study of Christian Science, and I wish to add my testimony in the hope that it may help some one who is suffering as I was.
From my experience in Christian Science I am realizing more and more each day the truths contained in the Scriptures, with the full assurance all through the Bible that the Almighty will do what is promised, namely, restore health unto us, and heal us of our wounds.
A few years ago a member of my family to whom a friend had earnestly spoken of Christian Science, half jokingly recommended that I should take treatment.
A few years ago I came to Christian Science for relief from trouble of a malignant nature, supposedly resulting from injuries received at the birth of my eldest boy, four years before.
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