November 20, 1920
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All
students of the Bible are familiar with Jesus' parable of the talents, which begins, "For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
One
of the problems that may seem most difficult in Christian Science is the ever realizing of God as what He is, divine Principle, Life, Mind, and the difficulty arises from the fact that most of us, and the world generally, and our ancestors for centuries before us, have been brought up to think of God as some glorified man.
Who
has never felt the need of taking refuge from the world, the need of casting off a burden, the need for healing, for rest and peace?
Fear
of loss is so prevalent in the human consciousness that joy in the possession of any form of good is often almost swamped by the fear of losing it.
Before
awaking to the truth of being, through the teachings of Christian Science, we perhaps found little comfort in the statement from the Bible that "in him we live, and move, and have our being.
Article
Inasmuch as the Thanksgiving Proclamation of the President of the United States had not been issued when this number of the Christian Science Sentinel went to press, the Editorial Department takes this means of announcing that the Proclamation will appear in The Christian Science Monitor, as well as in a later number of the Sentinel.
Thanksgiving
is the expression of men's discernment of something better than themselves.
O God,
accept our sacrifice of praiseContinually, and may we ever give Thee thanksFor this: That Thou didst sendThy well beloved SonTo show the way.
Brought up and educated in the home of grandparents, where one member was a well-known practicing physician, another a nurse, and two daughters were well versed in the medical practice, I developed into a very fearful and sensitive child with a vivid imagination.
I am many times reminded of the help the Christian Science Sentinel was in leading me to God.
Deep gratitude to God prompts me to give this testimony.
I wish to express gratitude for Christian Science and for what it has done for me and my family.
I am most grateful for some measure of understanding of the truth gained through the study of Christian Science.
It is a little more than two years since I first took up the study of Christian Science, and through it I have had many proofs of God's ever presence.
Christian Science did not "come into my life,"—I did not understand what it is to live until it showed me.
I am very grateful for the message Christian Science has brought to me.
In the fall of 1913 I took up the study of Christian Science.
Nearly six years ago I was led to this glorious truth, Christian Science, for which I had been seeking many years.
About 1916 I found myself afflicted with nearly everything that flesh is heir to and was given up to die by some of the leading heart specialists of New England.
In the hope of helping some one who may desire to investigate Christian Science I take this opportunity of telling of my experiences with this new-old religion.
