October 6, 1917
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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
novice in Christian Science finds no subject on earth so desirable to discuss as this beautiful and, to his consciousness, new truth.
There
is no compromise between the mortal belief of existence and the understanding of what constitutes true existence or reality.
It is a noble service being rendered by the Christian Science church during this period of world-wide human misery.
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.
The
problem usually set for a country or a community is to bring out a social order wherein there will be justice primarily.
Readers
of the Bible are apt to overlook the fact that although the idea of peace figures largely therein, a great deal is also said about warfare.
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.
Fifteen years ago I went to a Christian Science practitioner for help to overcome what seemed to be a chronic inherited appetite for liquor.
I have had a healing in Christian Science which to me seemed most wonderful.
This testimony is given with a sense of gratitude and humility.
For fourteen years I have proved the healing power of Truth in Christian Science.
It is with joy that I testify to the healing power of Truth.
In the fall of 1914 I met with an accident, the wheel of a cab passing over the toes of my right foot.
About six years ago I underwent a surgical operation on the advice of a well known specialist.
Christian Science is the greatest thing in my life, and is lifting me from pessimism to its opposite.
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.
I am very happy to give my testimony as to the benefits derived from Christian Science.
Wings
in the sky at morning's shining gate,—the wings of wrath, the maniac wings of hate.
