April 24, 1920
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When
Shakespeare wrote, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so," he directed the searchlight of genius upon human experience.
OF
all words in the English language, the word "liberty" is one of the most abused and in this age is particularly abused in reference to children.
A most
forceful story is to be found in the twelfth chapter of II Samuel, where the prophet Nathan narrates to David the parable of the poor man whose one little ewe lamb had been taken from him by a certain rich and powerful man to provide food for a traveler.
Encouragement
is just an ordinary, everyday word, and yet when analyzed it comprises and means a great deal.
The
man who understands the metaphysical fact that infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation is All-in-all has no enemies; and in knowing this, such a man is loving his enemies.
The
law of supply is stated in Jesus' words: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
While
struggling with a sense of doubt and fear,Quite forgetting Thou art ever near,A still, small voice whispered in my ear:For Thine is the power, and the glory.
Christian Scientists realize that Jesus of Nazareth was the most scientific man that ever lived, they realize that he possessed a clearer understanding of God and His perfect creation than any other person whom the world has ever known, and they accept him as the highest authority on all questions relating to spiritual, or real being.
A concept of Christian service which includes the public denunciation of the honest religious beliefs of others as a necessary element of preaching the gospel, is strangely at variance with the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount.
Readers of the Enterprise were doubtless more interested in reading the admission by a critic that "there is some good in Christian Science" than in reading anything he has yet attempted to say on that subject—and well they might be; for that admission was the only absolutely true thing he has yet said about Christian Science.
The headlines of an article in a recent issue of The Sun and the article itself call for some correction, otherwise your readers will be misled into the false conclusion that Christian Science is some sort of mesmerism, hypnotism, and enchantment, of which, as a matter of fact, it is the very antithesis.
In the article, "The Outlook for 1920," in a recent issue, the following striking passage occurs: "The problem of Christian unity is itself a problem of reconstruction, and in this process of reconstruction a thorough study of the church of the first centuries is essential, for they supply the plan or model for the whole work.
The following letters were sent to the Editorial Department by the Treasurer of The Mother Church, on April 10, 1920, with a request for publication in the Christian Science Sentinel:—
One
of the most curious traits of the human mind is manifested in its perpetual effort to counterfeit the divine.
"Write
the vision," Habakkuk was told by divine inspiration, "and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
With love I write my testimony for the Sentinel, to the glory of God who with loving care has guided me to eternal life.
It is with deep gratitude for Christian Science that I am prompted to give a testimony of a permanent healing I received about nine years ago; it is a happy change from eighteen years of weak, sinking spells, nervous headache, and quinsy every winter.
The preservation of human life is not the highest ideal of Christian Science.
I feel very grateful for what Christian Science has done for me.
It is with deepest gratitude that I acknowledge this Truth and blessings from the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
About eighteen years ago Christian Science was presented to me.
I take this opportunity of expressing my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
After spending the greater portion of seven years with doctors and in hospitals, due to paralysis, I gladly turned to Christian Science about five years ago.
It is now more than four years since I began the study of Christian Science, and both my thought and my outward circumstances have wonderfully changed.
Owing to the many blessings which have come to me since becoming a student of Christian Science, I wish to express my gratitude that others may gain the help and peace of this beautiful truth which Jesus taught and demonstrated, which our dear Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, rediscovered a half century ago, and by which so many have been brought out of the wilderness of mortal laws and illusions into the land of happiness and peace.
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