The
human mind classifies the qualities of manhood and womanhood according to gender, and not as qualities of character, combined and complete in one individual consciousness; but in Christian Science, where God is one and is both Father and Mother, we learn that what is designated as spiritual man expresses both the fatherhood and motherhood of divinity.
On
a morning late in September, a student of Christian Science arose at dawn, as the sun in all its early morning splendor was just peeping above the horizon.
There
is no more mischievous tempter in the path of the progressive present than the unaccountable subtlety of the pressure of discontent,—a robbing of the present by the contemplation of a more satisfactory future.
To
the writer, who had long been a lover of nature and the out-of-doors, there came a time, after beginning the study of Christian Science, when some doubt presented itself to her thought as to how, in the light of this new-old study, the beauties of nature were to be viewed; but as the vision of the spiritual creation gradually dawned upon her, these words of our Leader's in Miscellany.
The column, "Crusts and Crumbs," in a recent issue, contains a statement to the effect that the gentleman who set December, 1917, as the "scientifically correct" date for the end of the world, was following along the same lines of interpreting Biblical prophecy as Mrs.
The letter from an "Ex-School Teacher" under the caption "Faddism in Public Schools" is in fact a veiled fling at Christian Science by one who quite evidently does not understand the subject and is for that very reason disqualified to speak on it intelligently.
From an article in the News recently, it appears that a lady critic has vigorously attacked her erroneous concept of Christian Science, while indulging the belief that she was attacking the real thing.
"I feel that the right time has come to give my testimony of my physical and mental healings through Christian Science, hoping that it may 'magnify God' and help its readers as I have been helped by the testimonies of others given in the Christian Science periodicals.
In
the night men who must follow some path carry all sorts of tapers, torches, candles, lanterns, in whose insufficient light they travel or stumble on their way.
with contributions from E. P. Scholfield, Milton J. Moore, Louis Murch, B. F. Biser, Henrietta Tippery, Oliver S. Brown, Roy J. Hutson, Annetta Williams, Ace P. Abell, Charles E. Heitman, Wilber F. Downs
Instantaneous healing through Christian Science is the highest expression of its efficacy, the ultimate demonstration of the transforming of the body by the renewing of the mind.
I cannot find words to express my gratitude and joy for the health and good which have come to me through the power of Truth as revealed in Christian Science.
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
For years before turning to Christian Science I had not been allowed to spend a night alone in a room, because of heart trouble, and would lie for days at a time in bed from nervous exhaustion after an attack.
Since taking up the study of Christian Science five or six years ago I have been led to realize to some extent the omnipotence and omnipresence of God, good, and for this I am very grateful.
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with contributions from E. P. Scholfield, Milton J. Moore, Louis Murch, B. F. Biser, Henrietta Tippery, Oliver S. Brown, Roy J. Hutson, Annetta Williams, Ace P. Abell, Charles E. Heitman, Wilber F. Downs