Whenever
human aspiration is externalized in some achievement far beyond all previous accomplishment in that line, again is the divine dictum heard, "I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it.
As the student of Christian Science becomes more receptive to Truth and awakens to the consciousness of the universe of right ideas, much in our revered Leader's writings which had perhaps seemed of little consequence before is found to contain that which is of great import and necessary to our cause.
The canard against Christian Science, which one of your correspondents repeats, has been rehashed with variations for a decade or more and frequently exposed.
From the tone of a recent editorial it would appear that its writer is at a loss to understand how a Christian Scientist is able to hold fast to the faith or understanding that is in him, even to the point of facing the "last enemy.
In reporting a recent meeting of the Young Men's Literary Club, the Tribune said that a doctor who was resent made some startling statements regarding the physical condition of pupils in the Cheyenne schools and followed them up by saying that the "condition could be reduced to a minimum by a proper policy of medical inspection and treatment, beginning in the early grades.
In the Messenger is printed a sermon called "The Signs of Christ's Coming," in which the minister takes occasion to say some unkind and untruthful things about Christian Science.
The report of the Boy Scouts' first day in camp stated that several patients were treated in the Red Cross hospital "by a combination of Christian Science and horse liniment.
In a recent number of "Health Talks" I included a letter from a girl who claimed to be in need of a surgical operation but who alleged that she was being prevented by her father from having the operation because he was a Christian Scientist.
Permit me to say through your columns, in reply to a statement made in a local pulpit concerning Christian Science, that Christian Science is most distinctly not "superstition.
Notwithstanding the statement of the critic quoted in your column, Christian Science does not in any sense deny "the authority of Jesus Christ," as even a cursory examination of its literature would readily disclose.
For
a number of years the free distribution of Christian Science literature has been assuming increasingly larger proportions in the activity of the entire field.
When my attention was first drawn to the teachings of Christian Science and I began to read Science and Health, I was instantly and deeply impressed with its logic, its practicality, its common sense.
For more than ten years I have enjoyed the privilege of being a student of Christian Science, and I feel deep gratitude for all the blessings which have come to me through this means.
It is because of gratitude and appreciation for Christian Science, and for the many blessings received since becoming interested in this wonderful truth, that I send this testimony for publication.
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