August 23, 1919
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The
semiannual recurrence of this subject in our Lesson-Sermons never fails to bring to the writer a deep sense of gratitude for deliverance from false belief in regard to it.
Isaiah
has said and Paul has reiterated that "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.
There
is no doubt that more people are studying the Bible to-day than ever before in the history of mankind, and this is due to the fact that people of the present generation are beginning to realize that the Bible is a storehouse of wisdom wherein the solution of all modern problems may be found, and from which healing draughts of spiritual truth are daily being drawn for the sick and sorrowing among mortals, enabling them to experience a degree of freedom and happiness unknown to many who are still driven to and fro by the winds of unbelief.
"How can I progress most rapidly in the understanding of Christian Science?
One
evening in the summer of 1918, a student of Christian Science was somewhat sorrowfully regarding the situation which confronted her.
Before
coming into a knowledge of the truth, the writer had great sympathy for what is generally known as a sensitive person, one whose feelings are easily hurt.
A party
of young people, attending an amusement park near the seashore, went into a large room lined with mirrors, foreshortened and arranged in such fashion that the reflections were grotesque representations of the persons in the room.
In the wide fields of right doing there is nothing to fear.
In a recent issue occurs an editorial enumerating the virtues hoped for from medical inspection of schoolchildren, and offering the opinion that every school should be provided with medical examiners in order to safeguard the health and lives of the rising generation.
"Ludicrous, pathetic, and dangerous all at once" is Christian Science in its "explanation of the facts of natural science," says a critic.
A recent critic surely knows that it is neither courteous nor Christlike to speak disrespectfully of one whose life work was given to bless mankind.
There has never appeared in The Christian Science Journal an article denouncing doctors and all their ways, as stated by a family doctor in a recent issue of the Advertiser.
The author of the serial, "The Thirteenth Commandment," causes one of the characters of his story to misrepresent Christian Science in a recent issue of the News, in saying: "There's everything in thinking a thing is going to happen.
Everything
beautiful which has blessed the world through the lives of the apostles, martyrs, and saints has been the outcome of their vision.
Article
As
announced through the Clerk's report to the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, the Christian Science War Relief Fund was closed June 2, 1919, and no further contributions are needed.
Christian Science has brought me many blessings.
After having medical treatment for over four years for laryngitis and getting no relief, I was informed by my doctor that I had a very severe case of asthma and should get into southern California as soon as possible.
I have had the great privilege of having known no other religion and no other physician than Christian Science, which has brought me from a delicate child into a strong, healthy young woman.
From early childhood I had suffered from chronic bowel disorder, with the various ills which accompany it, but I have been freed from this trouble through Christian Science.
Although young in the study of Christian Science, I should like to testify of the many benefits received.
Paul says in Romans, "The good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
I feel it my duty to tell of the many blessings that have come into my life since taking up the study of this beautiful truth.
I am very grateful for what Christian Science has taught me about the allness of God.
A little more than six years ago I began the study of Christian Science.
The greatest blessing of my life is Christian Science.
Christian Science came to me in 1908 at a time when medicine had failed to give even the slightest relief.
It is many years since I became interested in Christian Science, and I cannot find words to express my gratitude to God for the good health and the spiritual understanding that I have gained through the study of our literature.
Since a clearer sense of freedom from bondage comes through sharing our blessings with others, I write this testimony.
Through Christian Science I am learning to follow the Master's counsel, "Take.
Since taking up the study of Christian Science five years ago I have had many healings, but the one that seems most wonderful to me was the overcoming of a mental disorder.
