February 23, 1918
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We
are told in the ninth chapter of the gospel of John how Jesus healed a man who had been blind from his birth.
There
came recently to the writer, together with a deep sense of gratitude for the spiritual growth of a friend through very trying circumstances, a realization of how great, in human experience, is the need of faithfulness on the part of each individual.
To
those with eyes to see, the experiences of everyday life are full of beautiful lessons.
From
a block of dry hard wood the Swiss wood carver, with a patience prompted by his great love for the work, fashions a likeness that is almost perfect of some favorite hero or object,—perchance his well-beloved William Tell after the figure of a stalwart mountaineer, or it may be a graceful chamois, a noble St.
The
beginner in Christian Science, having been healed of some dread disease, or lifted out of the depths of despair through the application of the healing Word, usually finds himself inquiring as to the cause of his changed condition.
Five hundred years and more ago John Wycliffe wrote a famous tract which, in the polite language and after the fashion of the day, he named "De Dominio," which being translated means "Concerning Dominion.
To suppose that Christian Science is "indifferent to everything," or to anything of consequence, for that matter, is a great mistake.
In an interesting paper entitled "The Relation of Faith and Prayer to Health and Healing," read before the Elkhart Ministerial Association, and printed in your paper at their request, a clergyman said much about faith cure and about cures that have been effected through mere faith in prayer, or mere faith in a drug, or mere faith in a religious ceremony.
In trying to hold Christian Science up to ridicule, are you not emulating the example of those who sought thus to stamp out early Methodism?
"Inclosed please find one New York draft for seventy-five dollars to be applied to the Halifax Relief fund, the War Relief fund, and the Real Estate fund.
There
was an educator who discovered a beautiful ideal for the instruction and development of young children, and he phrased a motto for parents in the words: "Come, let us with our children live.
The
student of Christian Science does not need to be told that divine protection is the most wonderful fact upon which we can lay hold in our study of the Scriptures.
Capacity
is enlarged, talent developed, and capability increased by drawing upon God as the source of supply.
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In order to be better prepared to give spiritual help in the Army and Navy through Christian Science literature and in other ways, it is desired to secure the names and present complete mail address of all officers and men in the military, naval, or aero service of the United States and of its allies, who are Christian Scientists or who have shown an interest in Christian Science.
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The next admission of candidates will be May 31, 1918.
I give the following testimony in the hope that it will help some one as others have helped me.
It is ten years since, through great mental and physical suffering, I was led to investigate and gladly accept Christian Science.
As the time approaches for a Christian Science lecturer to visit Australia once again, I feel I must express my gratitude, as it was through attending one of these lectures that I learned of the truth which has opened for me the way of freedom from many ills and misfortunes, from which I was told by doctors and clergy there was no escape.
For nearly ten years Christian Science has been my only physician.
I want to tell what Christian Science has done for me.
I send this testimony with a heart overflowing with gratitude for the manifold blessings which have come into my life through the teachings of Christian Science.
I am grateful for what Christian Science has done for us.
"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Words fail to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
In 1908, during my senior year at a hospital and training school for nurses, in San Francisco, our work was very hard.
I am thankful to God for guiding me to our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
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