July 15, 1916
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An application to buy all the bark of black birch on a large watershed in one of the national forests in the Southern Appalachians has been received by officers in charge, who say that the bark will be used by the mountaineers to make sweet birch oil, a substitute for oil of wintergreen.
Those
who have come to Christian Science for physical healing and have received the relief they sought, are apt to feel that since that which seemed to be their chief difficulty has been met, the rest of the way will be smooth and easy going.
In
the twelfth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles is chronicled a remarkable incident, that of Peter's imprisonment and the manner in which he was released.
In
his epistle to the Galatians Paul writes: "Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Many
who have turned to Christian Science and secured the assistance of some one who, as they think, has gained a better understanding of its teachings, are confronted sometimes, when the visible sign of physical betterment seems long delayed, by the question whether Christian Science really offers the means for deliverance from all the evils to which mortals are subject.
Every
voluntary association of persons that desires permanency must be so organized and governed as to possess the character and qualities of order, system, and cohesion.
One
of the greatest gifts of Christian Science is the opportunity it offers for service, the added ability to help one's fellow men, for such is truly service to God.
Can
we essay to circumscribe the Mind,Creative source of all that is, and was,And is to be?
In one issue of your paper was an article enumerating the medical graduates for the last three years, according to statistics from the Journal of the American Medical Association, and showing the steady decrease as compared with previous years.
That Christian Science makes bad citizens good and good citizens better, and that it has done so in Joplin, an evangelist critic did not attempt to deny.
A short time ago an evangelist made an attack upon Mrs.
Your columns contain an account of an attack on Christian Science by an evangelist holding services in your city.
In a sermon reported in your paper the attempt was made to couple Christian Science with various systems of religious belief, the statement being made that only those who do not understand the Bible are followers of those teachings.
Judging from the excerpts of a sermon, the preacher's attack is not on Christian Science but on his own concept of it.
In a recent issue of the Journal there appeared an article entitled, "The Medical Value of Pain.
One of the first protests which Christian Scientists will enter against our critic's methods is based on his use of the title "evangelist" to cloak an attack on followers of Christ Jesus, to whose teachings he also vows allegiance.
From
the Christian Science standpoint facts are eternal realities, which survive the storm and stress of mortal experience and which are untouched by any and all misconceptions of their nature and possibilities.
Doubtless
many a student of Christian Science has asked himself what particular application the word "neutrality" can have in the teaching and practice of his beloved Science.
I first learned of Christian Science through the healing of a sister twelve years ago.
I desire to express my gratitude for the many blessings received by me and mine through the study and application of Christian Science.
About two years ago a goiter started to grow on my neck and caused me considerable worry.
Christian Science found me a number of years ago in a state of discouragement at a time when my outlook on life seemed dark and hopeless.
A few years ago, having experienced severe reverses, upon the recommendation of a friend I sought the advice of a Christian Science practitioner, who showed much kindness in explaining things to me.
I am truly grateful for the opportunity of finding out what Christian Science really is.
I am glad to tell of the many blessings which Christian Science has brought to us.
In September, 1913, I was taken with typhoid fever, and was miserable practically all winter.
I am one of the many thousands who have been blessed by the truth as revealed in Christian Science, and I hope my testimony will serve to encourage those who are dwelling in a false sense of life in matter to turn toward the light and be free.
I know that Christian Science is the truth, that it does heal the sick and reform the sinner.
I consider it a great joy and privilege to express my love and gratitude for the many blessings the truth of Christian Science has unfolded to me.
Life is the tuning-time, completeAlone when every chord is sweetThrough sacrifice.
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The Christian Science Text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
