

Are you sure?
This bookmark will be removed from all folders and any saved notes will be permanently removed.
Christian Science Applied
A student of Christian Science who for some years had been demonstrating its teachings, was pouring into the ears of a friend the details of a difficulty which to her seemed almost overwhelming. The friend listened for a while, and then asked, "Why do you not try Christian Science on it?"
Overhearing this rebuke, so timely, so pointed, and yet so lovingly given, I wondered if I should ever again permit myself to forget or to neglect the practical application of the teaching which I too was professing to follow. It is indeed surprising to find how easily we are led by the seeming reality of human circumstances to sit helplessly inactive or to abandon the situation to material remedies. A recent occurrence gave me an opportunity to see my own attitude on this point, and illustrated the effect of mental activity. I was riding with my brother and his family in their automobile when a tire gave out on a wheel already bent and uncertain. My brother had scarcely begun to work on repairing the damages when a friendly voice called from a passing machine, "Do you need any help?" "No," was the reply; "I can fix it."
For at least an hour we women sat at the side of the road and watched the man, already fatigued from a strenuous journey, working alone. The difficulty seemed to be too much for him, however, and he came to a stopping place. My sister-in-law remarked that she wished she could help, and I replied that women seemed very helpless on such occasions. Scarcely were the words spoken when the thought came, "Am I merely a woman, or am I a Christian Scientist? The memory of the conversation I had heard recurred to me, and with a guilty blush at my own mental drowsiness I bowed my head, literally and figuratively, and began my work.
Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.

April 14, 1917 issue
View Issue-
Enlistment
REV. JAMES J. ROME
-
Divine Protection
HELEN FRIEND-ROBINSON
-
Service
DANIEL S. LINCOLN
-
The King's Armor
AMY C. FARISS
-
Work and Supply
WALTER R. ZAHLER
-
Christian Science Applied
IDA MITCHELL ROFF
-
"That they go forward"
CHARLES C. SANDELIN
-
Christian Scientists are sorry to see that the Boston American...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
-
In speaking of functional nervous disorders, a critic says...
Charles W. J. Tennant
-
The good people of Las Animas have lately been misinformed...
W. Staurt Booth
-
It may be observed that the remarks of our critic have a...
William D. Kilpatrick
-
Regarding the editorial in the Press, concerning the proposed...
Nelson D. Frisby
-
The local pastor who is delivering a series of sermons on...
Robert S. Ross
-
Duty and Privilege
Archibald McLellan
-
Warring with Autocracy
William D. McCrackan
-
Earth's Awakening
Annie M. Knott
-
Admission to Membership in The Mother Church
John V. Dittemore
-
The Lectures
with contributions from William D. McCrackan, Bunyan J. Hunter, Peter V. Ross, Mattie Fey Barber, John W. Grabiel, Henry M. Newmark
-
I wish to express my gratitude for the healing power of...
A. Marie Peter
-
A few years ago I was healed of an acute attack of quinsy...
T. V. White with contributions from Harry G. Decker
-
It is over twelve years since Christian Science was first...
Belle H. Edwards
-
For nine years I have found Christian Science a wonderful...
Saidee W. Peckerman
-
Neither pen nor paper can possibly convey my sense of...
Christine Loos-Bast
-
It is over twelve years since I first heard of Christian Science
Josephine Garsia
-
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science...
Kate Falk with contributions from August R. Falk
-
Love's Bounty
MINNA MATHISON
-
From Our Exchanges
with contributions from J. A. Hutton