November 6, 1920
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Paul's
message to the Corinthians, that God "will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape," has comforted and heartened many a Christian pilgrim on his way to the heavenly city.
The
early belief that a prophet was one who through some special gift of Providence could foretell future events has gradually given way to the conception of a prophet as one who by faithfulness to the highest ideals and consecration to supreme good has so cleared his consciousness of materiality that he is fitted to perceive in some measure the operation of divine law and is enabled to work out with more or less mathematical precision the results that must inevitably follow any line of activity.
One
must be receptive to the truth before one can stop believing that which is not true.
No
brighter thought sheds beacon gleams to cheerEach pilgrim journeying through earth's drear,Than this—that God is Light.
In
that wonderful discourse named "The Sermon on the Mount" Jesus presented to his hearers seven distinct qualities of thought, and the corresponding blessings which would be the reward for each particular thought.
One
of the first things which a man learns in Christian Science, if he is wise enough, is that he has his own work to do, and that no one can do it for him.
In
relying upon Christian Science for relief of one sort or another, one must be willing to accept the true solution which divine Principle provides.
When
now I think of yesterday,Its burdens, and horizon gray,When all to me was dreary,And every moment wearyWith fear that the to-morrowWould bring new pains and sorrow—
It was four years ago that I took up the study of Christian Science, through the request for treatment by a loved one who was declared to have Bright's disease.
I thought that I should make an effort to tell some of the blessings received from the study of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and other writings of Mary Baker Eddy.
With a grateful heart I desire to testify to the blessings which I have received since becoming interested in Christian Science.
It is with sincere gratitude for the many blessings Christian Science has brought me that I give this testimony.
From infancy I was a weak, delicate child, suffering very much from severe headaches, never being able to play like other children.
It is with a heart overflowing with gratitude that I send this testimony for the great blessing that has come to me through Christian Science.
I am grateful for the privilege of giving testimony to the efficacy of Christian Science treatment together with the study and application of its teachings in the healing of disease and all other discordant conditions.
Words can never express the gratitude and love I feel for the knowledge of Christian Science which came to me when every material remedy I tried had failed to relieve me of a serious nervous breakdown.
I have long felt that it was my duty to testify to the blessings that have come into my life through the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
I should like to express my gratitude for Christian Science.
I am very thankful for the healings we have had through Christian Science.
It is with loving gratitude that I give this testimony of what Christian Science has done for me.
Deep thankfulness to God for my son's and my own wonderful healing through Christian Science causes me to praise God.
I do not know just where to commence or to leave off in telling of the wonderful change Christian Science has wrought in my life, and also in the lives of other members of my family.
