As
humanity turns in greater numbers to Christian Science, the need increases for watchfulness against the temptation to regard numbers as essential indications of growth.
In
seeking to know more clearly man's existence as an idea of God, practical help has been found through a personal experience, which the writer ventures to pass on in the hope that it may be useful to others.
In
the epistle of James we read: "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
A short time ago representatives of fifteen churches met at Alliance, Ohio, and listened to an address against Christian Science by a doctor of divinity who had been brought from a distant city for what was announced as "a joint movement against the inroads of Christian Science in this community.
A recent issue gave a report of a so-called Anti-Infidel League and stated that a convention would be held in the near future to perfect an organization, the object being to oppose the progress of a number of movements, including Christian Science.
A coroner is "investigating" the death of an Erasmus high school student, because, as the newspapers say, the only treatment she received during her illness was by a Christian Science practitioner.
The father of persecution is fear; the basis of fear is belief in evil, in a power and intelligence apart from God, good; and the parent of this belief is a lie, for God is the only Mind, or Principle, the one source and cause of all that is real and eternal.
As reported, a lecturer at the High School stated among other things that the "regulars" appropriated everything valuable in all other systems of healing, including Christian Science, and therefore should have the support of the people in their legislative work.
Putting
into practice the sublime truth of Christian Science, rather than merely assenting to this truth as an abstract proposition, is the primary need, as Mrs.
In
addressing the Ephesians Paul uncovered a general human weakness when he wrote, "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
When I became interested in the study of Christian Science I was not in search of physical healing, though I had long been afflicted with catarrh, stomach disorder, skin trouble, and a structural defect of the eyes for which glasses had been worn for some time.
I wish to express my gratitude to God for Christian Science, of which I first heard five or six years ago through a lady staying in my house, who very kindly lent me some of the literature.
From early childhood I was never strong, but when my mother, after having exhausted every material means, was healed in Christian Science, I was placed in the Christian Science Sunday school and gradually grew stronger.
The gratitude and encouragement which fill my heart whenever I read some of the loving testimonies published in the Christian Science periodicals make me long to swell their pæans of praise.
Clara Lang
with contributions from Arabella Bennett Watson
I feel that I should not delay any longer to testify publicly to all the good that has come to me since I have been endeavoring to walk in the way of Truth.
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