WHAT
a picture the word "cobwebs" presents,—a fragile net stretched across an open space, at the first glance beautiful in its delicacy of workmanship, but on second thought undesirable because contaminating to its surroundings.
IN
Isaiah we read, "For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
THERE
has never been a time in the world's history, and certainly not in the history of the Christian Science movement, when men have been stirred to a deeper appreciation of God's protection.
AMONG
the obstacles which confront the beginner in Christian Science are two very common errors: that Science and Health is hard to understand, or that one cannot agree with its statements.
In the ninety-fifth psalm, the writer says, "To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart," and Paul, in Hebrews, refers to this counsel, in two different instances.
In a recent issue is an interview with one who claims to heal through other than material means, in which the statement is made that spiritual healing is not Christian Science.
with contributions from Franklin Dickey, Anis McAvoy, Christine Paulson, William R. Best, A.A. Tobias, Thomas C. Hollingshead, Caroline E. Krause, Elting Alexander
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Whenever I have not been able to lift my thoughts above material things or seemed unable to realize the ever presence of God, Love, on turning to the testimonies in the Sentinel or Journal I have always been uplifted with thankfulness to God for what He has done for others.
After suffering for two years from gallstones, I heard of Christian Science, and as medicine had not helped me, — indeed I was getting worse, — I asked a practitioner for treatment and was healed.
I was suffering from great mental depression, and for many months tried to get help from various isms, but all these methods of healing left me unmoved and unhealed.
It is with the earnest hope that our experience may prove a beam of light to some wayfarer searching for Truth, that I humbly and gratefully give this testimony.
I first heard of Christian Science many years ago, but was unable to investigate it until the summer of 1915 when I went to live with Christian Scientists in London.
In 1912 I came into Christian Science for the healing of my lungs, after having been given up by six of the most prominent doctors in this city, who said they had done all they could for me.
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with contributions from Franklin Dickey, Anis McAvoy, Christine Paulson, William R. Best, A.A. Tobias, Thomas C. Hollingshead, Caroline E. Krause, Elting Alexander