A careful
study of the definitions of the words above quoted makes it quite plain what sort of talks are expected of all who take part in that portion of the Wednesday evening meetings set aside, as Mrs.
There
have been many good and enlightening articles written on true ambition, and is it any wonder that it comes to so many individuals to endeavor to throw light on a subject of such universal interest?
Throughout
the Scriptures the word "eye" is frequently used to denote spiritual vision, as when Job declared upon gaining a clearer thought of God, "I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee;" and the prophet Isaiah exclaimed, "For mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
In
view of the fact that the world has arrived at a stage when as never before independence is being sought after by the individual, the classes, the nations, the thinkers, it is very essential that the true meaning of that state should be understood in order that the pitfalls laid by human sense whenever its claims are threatened by a right idea, may be seen, avoided, and eventually destroyed.
Before the clarifying rays of Christian Science were observed amid the chaos of human thinking, it was a traditional saying that Jesus' use of parables and figurative language made his teaching transcendental and obscure.
In a recent issue of The Citizen you published a short report of a lecture on hypnotism, in which the lecturer alludes to Christian Science, saying that "it advocates the power of suggestion and the strengthening of the will.
When to a Christian Scientist the question is submitted as to the relation of religion and Science, he experiences with joy that through Christian Science he has found an answer which not only satisfies his intellect but also quickness and enriches his spiritual self, inspires him with unlimited and efficacious love for his fellow men and for all creation, and makes him conscious of the Father's allness, of His kingdom, which is come on earth as well as in heaven.
A correspondent, who writes in a recent issue, is not a Christian Scientist, and evidently does not know the difference between Christian Science and all methods in which the human or carnal mind is the only factor at work.
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In gratitude to God for His goodness and mercy, to our revered Leader for her untiring efforts for the uplift of humanity, and to those loving friends who guided my footsteps to the portals of the truth that makes man free, I send this testimony, with the hope that it may help some weary pilgrim in his struggle, as I have been helped.
It has been my desire for some time to send a testimony to the Sentinel as an expression of gratitude for the many blessings that I have received during a period of three years of the study of Christian Science.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me and in the hope of encouraging some one who has struggled long to be freed from physical discord that I send this testimony.
My wife and I have been in Christian Science for more than six years and we find no words to give the slightest idea of the tremendous happiness we enjoy; we therefore feel the need of expressing our gratitude for all that Christian Science has given us since we have been happy enough to have some understanding of it.
Right now, just as I finish reading an article in a recent Sentinel which particularly meets my needs, I want to send my thanks and appreciation of all the help I have got from the Christian Science literature.
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with contributions from Annie Bowers, Mary L. Bruce, George O. Melick, F. J. Woods, Warwick Lloyd, Harry I. Hunt, O. G. Mechem, Julia A. Dyer, Zella A. Thomas, Lee Guest, Blanche Luckey