Recently
while pondering the teachings of Christian Science as to the unreality of evil, various seemingly contradictory passages from the Bible on this subject came into memory, and the effect to realize their unity of meaning was so helpful that I should like to pass on to others what I gleaned from them.
Weary
of conflicting theories and wary of fair words that when tried in the balance are found wanting, mankind is demanding demonstrable facts in response to the age-old questions as to the identity, origin, and purpose of human life.
From
time immemorial the human race has acknowledged, either consciously or unconsciously, the existence of some intelligence as compared with which it considered the human intellect to be nothing, and this acknowledgment has been a common feature of all shades of religious belief throughout history.
To
every student of Christian Science there comes a time of development when he has to give up his dependence on human relationship and friendship, and to turn his thoughts to the realization of what Mrs.
When
our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, provided that all Christian Science churches should hold Wednesday evening meetings, she made it possible for everyone who has been benefited by Christian Science to give to others a "reason of the hope that is in" him, a measure of the joy that has come to him through the application of the rules of divine Principle, as taught in the Christian Science textbook.
The clergyman who attacked Christian Science in a recent issue, calling it a false philosophy and a lie, has unwittingly applied these offensive terms to the teaching of Christ Jesus.
To trust God alone for healing, except as a last resort, is stupendous folly, according to the revivalist whom the Tribune quoted to the effect that praying for the sick without calling a doctor is as presumptuous as was Satan's temptation of Jesus to cast himself down from the pinnacle of the temple and expect God to save him from death.
Christian Science is derided and maligned by two classes of persons,—those who for ulterior motives knowingly and willfully misrepresent it, and those who in their misguided zeal believe that they are rendering a service to God and to mankind in so doing.
The
book of Revelation resembles Science and Health in this, that it is, among other things, an attempt to make clear the existing Scripture to the contemporary thought of the period in which it was written.
Resolving
to have full freedom in which to worship God, one must be a true pilgrim, a seeker who is turning away from a material sense of things to the breadth of real spirituality.
with contributions from Charles Beilstein, Henry J. Armstrong, R. B. Hendry, Albert McDonald, Joseph C. DeWitt, Maud I. Murray, Wade H. Guthrie, Charles F. Adams, Jessie G. Davies, Jennie B. Bartlow, H. B. Roe, Carrie Young, Antoinette W. Stephens, Leslie F. McCullough
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I am filled with such a deep sense of gratitude for the manifold blessings which have come into my life through Christian Science that I wish to give my testimony in return for the many helpful testimonies which come to us through the literature, for which I am deeply grateful.
So much help has been received from reading the testimonies of healing that I am very glad to tell of some of the blessings my family and I have received through the study and practice of Christian Science.
Some four years ago I reached a condition of almost complete helplessness resulting from a claim of rheumatism which had held me in bondage for some ten months, during which I had tried every remedy known to materia medica and found no relief, but instead was getting worse all the time.
Christian Science means so much to me and I have received so much help from it that I should like to add my testimony of some of the benefits I have received.
When first Christian Science was presented to me I was not ready to accept it; but after four years of "trials and tribulations" I found that, in the words of Mrs.
It is with the deepest sense of gratitude that I take advantage of the privilege, given to all, to give my testimony through the periodicals, knowing it will help some one as others have helped me.
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with contributions from Charles Beilstein, Henry J. Armstrong, R. B. Hendry, Albert McDonald, Joseph C. DeWitt, Maud I. Murray, Wade H. Guthrie, Charles F. Adams, Jessie G. Davies, Jennie B. Bartlow, H. B. Roe, Carrie Young, Antoinette W. Stephens, Leslie F. McCullough