One
Christian Scientist asked another: "What shall I do about this business matter that drags so; shall I just keep on holding the right thought about it every day and be content with that?
To
the beginner in Christian Science nothing is perhaps more disconcerting than its insistence upon the use of exact terms and upon the correct use of every term.
It
is by no means an uncommon experience with Christian Scientists to feel that although they are pursuing the study of Christian Science they are seemingly becoming more and more full of faults and less and less agreeable in disposition than they were before.
In
the forty-second chapter of Isaiah we find some of the clearest and strongest statements of the qualities, characteristics, and work of the Christ that are to be found among the many beautiful prophetic passages of this book; and since studying Christian Science this chapter has become to the writer one of the most loved and most helpful portions of the Scriptures.
Pure
prophecy is an absolute statement of the law of God, the result of thought reaching out to and becoming inspired with the vision of perfection in communion with God.
To the human sense, burdened as it is with the beliefs of the flesh, it seems impossible to accept seriously the beloved disciple's declaration that "now are we the sons of God.
The statement which appeared in a recent issue to the effect that Christian Science is close kin to theosophy and that much of the latter was copied from Mrs.
A lecture recently delivered in San Diego brought out the fact that Christian Science teaches that the basic truths of Christianity, such as the omnipotence, goodness, love, and help of God, are available to man through prayer to meet the untoward circumstances and vicissitudes of human existence, including sickness.
Christian Scientists have noticed, with no little surprise, that The Springfield Union has allowed a doctor of divinity to speak through its columns of Mrs.
"At the annual meeting of our association a collection was taken,—the amount inclosed herewith,—to be applied to the fund of The Christian Science Benevolent Association, as an expression of love and gratitude for the consecrated work of our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.
It
is probable that throughout Christendom and in all Jewry the deliverance of Jerusalem has caused men to study with care Ezekiel's thirty-sixth chapter.
Recent
events lead one to think much upon Jerusalem past and present, and to recall the psalmist's words: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
As a Christian minister I always felt that I owed obedience to God, allegiance to Christ Jesus, and the best of service to my fellow men; yet some years ago I became somewhat dissatisfied and ill, so much so that I went West to a farm in North Dakota for recuperation and a change of work.
In reading other people's testimonies I have been greatly helped, and therefore feel that I would like, in gratitude to our heavenly Father, to say what Christian Science has done for me, with the hope that whoever reads my experience may find the peace, joy, and happiness which is mine to-day.
The study of Christian Science was not in my case taken up for the healing of physical ills, but to satisfy a craving for something higher and better than anything I knew.
Christian Science has brought me peace that passes all understanding and has lifted me from the slough of human misery and despondency to an understanding of life that is making all things new.
In July, 1916, Christian Science was brought to our notice in such a way as to lead us to investigate it, and since becoming interested in it I have given up the use of liquor and tobacco.
About four years ago I became interested in Christian Science through reading the Sentinel, a few numbers of which had been sent to me by a friend who had been healed of an abnormal growth.
Gratitude impels me to write of a beautiful experience which we have recently had in our family as the result of the healing power of Truth as demonstrated in Christian Science.
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