It
is an inherent characteristic of mortal mind to establish and attempt to assure its own safety by balancing one opposing force or interest against another.
One
beautiful spring morning a student of Christian Science was walking in one of the crowded streets of the city with a song of gratitude in his heart; for divine Love had met and conquered a seeming discord in the home of loved ones, after a night spent in earnest prayer.
When
mortals take their initial steps in the way of Christian Science demonstration, the first object, generally, is to get something, either for themselves or for their dear ones.
The sayings of Jesus are capable of endless application, illustration, and interpretation; and this because these sayings are diamonds of many facets, catching the light of Truth whichever way they may be turned.
One of the speakers at the Wesleyan rally is reported as saying, "The philosophy of Christian Science is sound, but the theology of Christian Science is all over the shop.
Rarely is one allowed the doubtful privilege of reading a letter from the pen of a minister of the gospel so replete with statements which dishonor God, discredit Christ Jesus, and repudiate the whole Bible, as the one which appeared in a recent issue attacking the editorial, "A Mad World," reprinted from The Christian Science Monitor.
"I feel my heart so swell with gratitude for the great blessing of Christian Science in general, and at this moment in particular for the wonderful way in which its literature has been made always accessible to the boys in khaki and blue, that I am constrained to express it in this note to you.
Beginning
with the fourteenth chapter of John's gospel and on through the sixteenth chapter, we have a most wonderful discourse in which Christ Jesus was preparing his followers to meet and overcome the opposition of the carnal mind to Truth.
As a student of Christian Science many blessings have come to me, many practical proofs of the healing power and ever present care and guidance of divine Love; hence the desire to share the joy with a larger number impels me to send this written testimony.
The words from the ninety-first psalm, "A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee," also the statement from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
After losing two children in one year under materia medica, I decided to try Christian Science to see if it contained the comfort for the assuaging of grief that an orthodox religion lacked; and as I had two children left, to prevent, if possible, their being taken from me.
Having suffered "many things of many physicians," I am indeed truly grateful to Christian Science for leading me out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage.
The golden text of a Lesson-Sermon, "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it," has made me realize that I should acknowledge, through our periodicals, the good which Christian Science has brought to me.
In 1905 I took up the study of Christian Science, not because of any apparent disability, but because of what I saw among several friends and relatives who were very dear to me.
Millie Haines
with contributions from John Henry Haines
For over nineteen years I have been interested in Christian Science, and it has long been my intention to write a testimony expressing my gratitude for benefits received.
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