When
David wrote in the Psalms, "Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God," he was surely only telling us in another way that true happiness comes only from God.
When
tribal chieftains counted their women among their goods and chattels, when medieval knights rode to holy wars inspired by towered ladies, when women themselves were content to languish in boudoirs reading tomes of long-drawn-out sentimentality, the world was still firmly in the grasp of the traditional account of creation as given in the second and following chapters of Genesis.
Many
will readily recall the arguments pro and con which have centered around the doctrines of faith as preached by Paul and that of works as enunciated by James.
I am grateful for the physical healing, and still more so for the spiritual enlightenment which results from the study and practice of the teachings of Christian Science.
Winifred M. Richardson
with contributions from Eleanor A. Lannan
Only those who know something of the unspeakable joy that comes with even a small knowledge of Christian Science can understand how almost impossible it seems to put into words the gratitude one feels for this knowledge, but I should like to try to tell of some of the blessings which I have gained through its application.
After using material means for many months without receiving any benefit, I was healed through Christian Science of bowel trouble resulting from typhoid fever.
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