On
the ceiling of a chapel he decorated, Michelangelo has represented God the Father as a majestic man, dignified and beneficent beyond words, and to Christian Scientists one of the most suggestive features of his famous work is this, that in it he illustrates the immensely significant fact that in the innumerable chapels of individual consciousness the divine character is outlined very much after such a superhuman model who is yet subject to limitations which are utterly opposed to the universally accepted dogma that God is infinite, the All-in-all.
The
writer was born and raised on a farm a few miles from town, and when attending high school he would stay in town from Monday morning until Friday evening.
Various
narratives in the Scriptures illustrate the fact that to trust in human or personal strength is to produce a temporary sense of estrangement from God.
As gently as the dew on tender flower,Comes to the heart Love's holy, healing power;As lightly as the breeze in summer air,Truth clears the mist of sense that lodgeth there.
The uncomplimentary manner is which our ministerial friend makes reference to Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, does not pass the notice of the reader who is familiar with her teaching, without recalling to mind the contrast between the reference as reported in this sermon and that made by Mrs.
The gentleman from Buffalo who appears so frequently as an antagonist of the teachings of Christian Science takes occasion in a recent letter to recite from the gospels a goodly number of instances where Christ Jesus healed the sick of divers ills.
It is true that the teachings of Christian Science in relation to Jesus the Christ differ from the views entertained by dogmatic theology, but it is not true that these teachings are "diametrically opposed to Bible truths," as was alleged in a reported sermon.
"Four of us lieutenants in the United States Army read the Lesson-Sermon together this Sunday morning, in the quiet of a stateroom on a ship on the Atlantic Ocean.
When
Jesus was instructing his disciples, he gave them a reason for this admonition, "Take heed what ye hear," by saying further, "With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
In
the thirty-seventh chapter of Ezekiel we find a strange picture, yet withal one which appeals to the deepest desire of all the human race, in that it tells in touching metaphor of the awakening of men and nations from the dream of sin and death.
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At the solicitation of my sister I first visited a Christian Science church in July, 1914, and during the service it seemed to me as though I became conscious of the presence of divine Love, this feeling being manifest during the silent prayer, in which I took part.
I feel it both a duty and a privilege to add my testimony to that of the thousands who have received healing and other blessings through Christian Science.
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