January 18, 1919
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Our
beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, who wrote so tenderly of "each waiting hour," held in the keeping of Life divine, wrote also of those other hours, when we should "wake to know a world more bright".
To
heal according to Christian Science, a spiritual understanding of the Bible is necessary,—a spiritual understanding of God and man's relation to Him, a spiritual understanding of creation,—and this can be gained only by earnest, prayerful study of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
An
experience of mine a year or so ago, while living on a claim on the desert, has proved of such general application since, that I am prompted to relate it in the hope that it may be helpful to others.
To
hear of the healing of others, whether slow or fast, is encouraging to one who is seeking help in Christian Science.
Action is so manifestly the outcome of volition that the human mind claims, without contradiction, the ability of producing, continuing, or stopping almost any action of the human being at will.
In a letter signed by a physician the teachings of Christian Science are alluded to as "illogical, contradictory, and absurd.
It seems a pity that Malcolm was not in a more companionable and genial mood when writing of Christian Science, "The Open Road,"—not that such writing hurts Christian Scientists, but because no man can be happy or do himself justice while indulging unkind thoughts of his neighbors.
"I cannot but realize what a great help Christian Science has been to me, and I fearlessly welcome the trials which will confront me and enable me to prove and improve my understanding of the truth.
In
the midst of the recent war a captain, who was a poet, wrote of the dreams of conquest, the plots and plans, ambitions and boastings, of a reigning family thus: "They are all the mirage of a dying dynasty in the desert it made for its burying place.
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It is with a feeling of deep gratitude for all the help I have received from Christian Science that I send the following testimony, hoping it may be the means of helping many others.
A deep sense of gratitude prompts me to tell of the blessings which have come to me through Christian Science, by way of deliverance from sickness of many years' standing.
I wish to testify to the great benefits I have received from Christian Science.
For some time I have intended to send in a testimony of gratitude for the blessings received by myself and my family through Christian Science.
From a heart overflowing with gratitude for the many blessings received through Christian Science, I offer my testimony in loving tribute to God, and to our revered Leader, Mrs.
I came to Christian Science, not for physical healing, but because when I began to think things out, nothing satisfied me.
Nine years ago Christian Science healed me of ailments from which I had suffered for years.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude for Christian Science that I give this testimony.
"Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
To say that I am grateful for Christian Science does not begin to express my feelings.
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A new edition of our Leader's "Poems" has just been published, bound in black morocco, uniform with the pocket editions of the other writings of Mrs.
