January 10, 1920
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In
correcting the traditional miseducation which is the world's great handicap, there is no greater opportunity than that offered in Christian Science of replacing the scholastic material concept of the Bible with its true spiritual import.
There
are, perhaps, few subjects which have appealed more powerfully to the imagination of painters than that of the shepherd and his flock.
"He
who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world," wrote Benjamin Franklin.
Many
helpful lessons have been taught the writer by the child thought.
In
the home where a student of Christian Science lived, "locators" were introduced.
One of the most interesting things apparent in the growth of Christian Science is that it does not appeal especially to one class of society more than to another, nor does it require any particular degree of educational attainment before it can be accepted; in fact, Christian Science is readily acknowledged by many who have little, if any, familiarity with the language in which it has been promulgated by its Discoverer.
In a recent issue there appears a report of a sermon which is such a sweeping and wholesale condemnation of Christian Science as our critic conceives of it, that your moderate readers may be relied upon to discount its gross exaggeration.
Knowing
the character of a man one can usually predict what he will do.
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The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts, announces a free public lecture on Christian Science by Miss Mary G.
From a heart overflowing with gratitude I send this testimony, hoping it may help some other seeker after Truth as I have been helped and encouraged by reading testimonies from others.
As one who has derived untold benefit from the study of Christian Science, I am taking the opportunity of telling others what it has done for me.
After a few weeks' illness with what the physician called heart failure in a very serious form, I was told that it would be at least a year before I could recover my full strength, but I instinctively rebelled against this verdict and having known of some good healing work done in our family through Christian Science I decided to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
I wish to express my gratitude to God for all that Christian Science has done and is doing for us.
I have received so much good from the study and practice of Christian Science that I deem it a duty to send my testimony.
I have experienced so much joy and help from reading the testimonies in the Journal and Sentinel that I, too, would bear witness to the glorious freedom which Christian Science brings.
For six or seven years I was a semi-invalid, suffering from what is called gastritis, enteritis, and appendicitis.
I am so grateful for what Christian Science has done for me and mine and is doing for the world.
I have been reading the Bible and the Christian Science literature for about four years and wish to tell of some of my experiences.
Nearly thirty years ago my mother was healed, through Christian Science treatment, of what is called quick consumption.
Many blessings have come to me during the seventeen years in which I have been a student of Christian Science Early in December, 1918, on a return trip from the East, I was taken violently ill, but I thought of Jacob and knew that God, omnipresent good, would sustain me as Jacob was sustained.
I did not become interested in Christian Science because of physical healing but for the explanation of God.
A little over four years ago my mother was healed in Christian Science, and shortly after that I purchased a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
For one who has been lifted out of a mental and physical hell to a conscious realization of the fact that the kingdom of heaven is within and at hand, it takes more than words to express that gratitude which deeds alone can attest.
About four years ago I was suffering from stomach and bowel trouble, and one day after trying all sorts of material remedies with no improvement I called on a Christian Science practitioner.
Nine years ago I could not play the games of boyhood with my school fellows, because of heart trouble so severe that even nominal exertion usually prostrated me.
Article
Two new pamphlets, containing articles republished from the Christian Science periodicals, are now on sale at five cents a copy.
