The
successful effort to overcome anger or resentment for wrongs experienced, though an important and necessary step toward the solution of a problem, is not all there is to forgiveness.
As
human footsteps which lead onward and upward to higher action and wider usefulness appear to follow along a somewhat similar path, a new church-member is likely to be confronted by the universal question, How may I serve our cause most wisely now that I am a living stone in the spiritual structure known as a Christian Science church?
During
the long, anxious hours of a night of watching by the bedside of her child, a mother had much reason to be grateful for the healing and comfort derived from the twenty-third psalm as illuminated by Christian Science.
The
way to the place of daily occupation led over a small stream which was uninteresting in itself, while on either side were flat stretches of marsh-land.
Your correspondent is not correct in his assumption that it is an argument of Christian Science to say that "since the creator is all good there is no sin, suffering, or sorrow in the world.
Every reader of the Observer knows people who have failed to get relief by materia medica, and at least some of them know of people who have been healed by Christian Science after medicine had failed.
It is regrettable to notice that an evangelist has stepped aside from his work of "glorifying God" to criticize a religion with which, judging from his words as quoted, he is unacquainted.
It is difficult to understand how any one, even though but slightly acquainted with the subject, could style the text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," the Bible of Christian Scientists.
From
time to time we have given space, particularly in the Sentinel, to articles dealing with practical experiences in teaching in the Sunday school, for the reason that the many letters received at headquarters, requesting information as to the right way to carry on the work of the Sunday school, indicate that the subject is of wide-spread interest.
In
the fourth chapter of Luke's gospel we read of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness, his complete victory over the world, the flesh, and evil, then his entry upon his earthly ministry.
When Christian Science was presented to me through the loving thought of a friend, I was broken in health, suffering from many female weaknesses, sleeplessness, and sorrow.
Through I have experienced many cases of healing during the eight years that I have been interested in Christian Science, I was particularly impressed with one which was practically instantaneous.
A. E. O. Garnett-Orme
with contributions from Grace A. Benson
It is four years since I began to study Christian Science, and I should like to bear testimony here to one of the many blessings I have received through it.
Some years ago, while I was suffering from a nervous breakdown, a friend gave me her copy of Science and Health to read; but I could not understand the book, so put it aside.
The beauty and peace that come into one's life from the study of Christian Science can never be told in words; it must be lived, and reflected in daily living.
Over four years ago, while visiting my parents at Galt, Ontario, on my way to Winnipeg, I was taken severely ill with an attack of stomach and bowel trouble, which caused great suffering during the night.
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