January 15, 1921
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There
are few things that human belief has first ordained and then taken more completely for granted down through all the ages than man's incapacity.
Every
student of Christian Science facing the question, "Who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Webster
defines the word "incentive" as: "That which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action.
If
any one will cast a glance round his acquaintances and friends he will soon appreciate the fact that they may be divided into two main classes—those who give and those who receive.
History
has a new significance to the Christian Scientist who has learned that it is a record only of divine creation and spiritual man.
There
is probably nothing against which the ordinary man fights more determinedly than any effort to rob him of what he terms his individuality.
To
the student of Christian Science who has proved for himself that reliance on the understanding of divine Principle is more effective than recourse to material methods of treatment, the failure to depend entirely on this understanding for his children as well as for himself would be neglect.
It is with deep reverence and gratitude to God and to the kind friends who brought Christian Science to me, and with the earnest hope that my experience will help some one else who may be suffering as I was, that I send this testimony of the healing power of Christ through Christian Science.
I have been a student of Christian Science for about ten years, and I wish to express gratitude for the many, many blessings which have come to me and my household during this time.
It is with a heart full of gratitude that I am writing to tell what Christian Science has done for me.
With a deep sense of thankfulness to God I wish to relate some of the blessings which I have received through Christian Science.
I would like to tell some of the benefits I have received through the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
I had suffered for four years from broken arches and had resorted to corrective shoes and arch supports, but to no avail.
Isaiah, in the twenty-sixth chapter and third verse, says, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
It is my duty as well as my privilege and desire to give my testimony to what Christian Science has done for us.
I did not come to Christian Science for physical healing for myself but for my husband, who was seeking help.
I am thankful to God and to Christian Science for my life.
It is with gratitude to God that I testify to what Christian Science has done for me.
An article in the Christian Science Sentinel made clear to me the duty and privilege of expressing my gratitude for the light which has come to me through the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, whose thought was pure enough to perceive the Christ, Truth, and to give again to the world that demonstrable knowledge of God which healed all manner of diseases two thousand years ago, as recorded of the works of Christ Jesus and his followers.
Christian Science first came to my notice twelve years ago when I heard of the healing of a lady who had been sent to a resort for tubercular patients, and who, through the work of a Christian Science practitioner, soon came home sound and well.
I get so much help through reading the testimonies in the Sentinel and Journal that I feel it is a privilege and duty to tell others how very grateful we feel for this wonderful truth.
