December 20, 1919
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Jesus
was wont to speak by parables to the populace; for, as he said, "in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.
The
character of the Christ may be defined as the perfect reflection of divine Principle, expressed in conscious living in accord with the ideals of God, good.
To
one who has threaded his way through the confused maze of ancient and modern philosophy, psychology, and ethics, the clear, satisfying logic of Christian Science comes as a basic theology which promises eventually to solve all the great problems still unanswered after two thousand years of Christianity.
As
a mother who is learning to appreciate her true relationship to her child, I would very much like to relate two little experiences which I had recently, that proved how much help instead of hindrance one can give one's child, when the understanding of the truth about God and the truth about man, and their true relationship to one another is realized and faithfully applied.
When
Paul was accused before Felix of being "a pestilent fellow," we learn in the book of Acts that after a few days, Felix, with his wife Drusilla, sent for Paul to hear him concerning the faith of Christ; and as the prisoner "reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
We
think of him as a little child who came long, long ago,To bring his thoughts of purity to heal a world of woe.
In many ways and by many incidents the Bible teaches us that if God is forsaken or left out of human calculations altogether, the people perish.
A clergyman states: "We of the Guild of Health are closely in touch with the doctors.
In the Catholic Universe there appeared an erroneous statement relative to the teachings of Christian Science.
To evidence the fact that Christian Scientists are Christians, I would call your readers' attention to the directions given by Mrs.
"During my service in the Army, Christian Science was a wonderful help to me and mine.
When
the untutored Indian of the American plains is asked to draw the figure of a man, if he is able to make any elaboration he will depict him with war bonnet or weapons, showing that to him the typical man is the warrior.
"For
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace;" so wrote Isaiah of the Christ and his universal kingdom.
I feel that I must express my gratitude for the manner in which my need has been met.
Six years ago I began the study of Christian Science.
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Nine year's study of the teachings of Christian Science has wrought such changes in my life that I find it difficult to reconcile the man that I knew as myself before taking up this study, with the man who fills that place in my thought at the present time.
Christian Science has been the only physician for myself and my three children for the past five years.
A little while after I became interested in Christian Science I was taken with chills and fever.
My attention was first called to Christian Science by the remarkable healing of a relative.
I feel that I should acknowledge with gratitude a healing experienced in the summer of 1918.
My thought constantly goes out in praise and thanksgiving to God, divine Love, for the healings that have come to me through Christian Science, as given to us by our revered Leader, Mrs.
It is about nine years since I first heard of Christian Science, at a time when I was in great need of physical healing.
For years I took special delight in ridiculing what I thought Christian Science to be, but the time came when I, too, was forced to turn to it for relief.
When I turned to Christian Science I was suffering from a complication of diseases, among which were heart and stomach trouble, enlarged glands of the throat, and extreme nervousness.
Five years ago when Christian Science healed me of a condition which threatened to result in a malignant growth, if an operation was not performed, I thought I knew what gratitude meant; but since then I realize that such a healing was only the forerunner of the Christ—the voice in the wilderness which cried, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord.
Seven years ago, when Christian Science came to me, I was a physical and mental wreck.
Many times at Wednesday evening meetings I have listened to the testimonies given and always there were those who expressed gratitude for the spiritual uplift, and I have thought, Why does not the spiritual unfoldment come to me, so that I might honestly give such a testimony?
Christian Science has made life worth living, and as I scan the past I know that I never really knew what it meant to live before taking up the study of it.
It is four years since I first came into Christian Science.
I began reading Science and Health some three years ago merely to learn what was in the book, and not only did I find it to be just what I was looking for, but while reading I was healed of a very bad case of heart trouble.
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Two new pamphlets, containing articles republished from the Christian Science periodicals, are now on sale at five cents a copy.
