Article September 20, 1919 Issue

In the Forest City Summit under the caption "Prodigal...

Willard J. Welch

Forest City (Iowa) Republican

In the Forest City Summit under the caption "Prodigal Son" is a report of a sermon in which the clergyman said, "It is the cross which is left out of Christian Science."

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, the Christian Science textbook, on page 288, it is written: "The cross is the central emblem of history. It is the lodestar in the demonstration of Christian healing,—the demonstration by which sin and sickness are destroyed." In her Message to The Mother Church for 1902 Mrs. Eddy writes: "The great Master triumphed in furnace fires. Then, Christian Scientists, trust, and trusting, you will find divine Science glorifies the cross and crowns the association with our Saviour in his life of love." And in the Christian Science Hymnal (p. 214) is a beautiful hymn written by Mrs. Eddy and frequently sung at the services held the world over by Christian Science churches, which contains these words:—

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