December 23, 1916
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The construction of concrete highways is going on in twenty-two cities and towns in Connecticut, and when these contracts have been completed there will be about seventy miles of concrete surfaced pavement in that state.
In
the transitional stage of thought through which we as mortals pass in our growth out of a material sense of existence into the spiritual understanding of what constitutes our true selfhood, there are many helpful lessons to be learned when once the eye of faith is open to the ever active, omnipresent operation of the law of good in our daily affairs.
The
writer knows a man who had labored for years under the seeming burden of a great weakness, and who was made so sick and brought so low morally by drink and profanity that he contemplated an erroneous way of leaving the world.
All
too frequently we hear the argument put forward that certain forms of disease are more difficult to overcome, and that it requires a longer period of time and a greater understanding of Principle to overcome them, than those which seem to mortal sense to be minor ailments.
The lecture on Christian Science included in this issue of the Call adds a value to the number that can hardly be estimated.
Many of your readers have been listening to the futile efforts of an evangelist, who attempted to persuade people to accept Christianity by convincing them that Christian Science, in which the world experiences again the redemptive work of the Christianity of the early centuries, is a work of the devil.
A letter from a critic, in which she states a few of the reasons why she does not consider Christian Science to be the true theology of Jesus, shows that she has completely misunderstood the teachings of Christian Science.
Our critic, after accepting without reservation all that a lecturer on Christian Science had said when defining God and God's attributes, demurs to the lecturer's statement that the records of creation given in the first and second chapters of Genesis are contradictions.
It seems difficult to comprehend how a Christian minister can spend his time trying to hinder the growth of a Christian religion because its exponents are not traveling the road to heaven that he is traveling and that he himself believes to be the right one.
Real Christians cannot entertain thoughts of evil, because Christian thoughts are derived from God alone, and He knows no evil.
My
friend is not in height or weight,In figure, texture, color, gait,Or beauty which may charm the eyeYet swiftly as a shadow fly;But in the grace his words imbue,Compassion gentle as the dew,Fidelity which cannot fail,As needle true through every gale.
Although
the twenty-fifth day of December is now annually celebrated by Christian nations the world over as the birthday of Christ Jesus, there is in reality no authentic information as to the precise date of his earthly advent.
Christmas
tells the story of a mother who loved so deeply and divinely that her babe became the Wayshower for the world.
As
the Christmas season approaches, many beginners in Christian Science ask how it should be observed, — whether the festivities, gift exchanging, and all the traditions of the past should be set aside, and if so what should be put in their place.
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Those
wishing to contribute to either or both of the funds described in the article "Looking Forward," which appeared in the Sentinel of Dec.
I feel it both a duty and a privilege to add my testimony to that of the unnumbered thousands who have received healing and other blessings through Christian Science.
It has been nearly seven years since I began the study of Science and Health in connection with the Bible, and I am thankful to God for the benefits which I have derived thereby; both spiritually and physically they have indeed been wonderful.
It affords me great joy to tell of the healing which I have experienced through Christian Science.
Seven years ago Christian Science found me on crutches with sciatic rheumatism.
With the earnest desire to help others who may be unable to see the truth clearly, I want to tell what God has done for me through Christian Science.
I write this testimony to express my deep gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
Christian Science was first presented to me over three years ago by a friend who had been greatly benefited by it.
It is about eleven years since I began to study the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
My thankfulness goes out to God, the giver of all good.
Eleven years ago I was a physical wreck.
For over nine years Christian Science has been my only help.
For the many blessings that have come to me through Christian Science I am very grateful.
