March 19, 1921
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Now
that so much is thought and talked of the world being made safe for democracy, it is interesting to analyze just what is meant by such an assertion and by what methods the task may be accomplished.
In
expressing the spiritual sense of the Lord's Prayer in the first chapter of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs.
When
one suffering from what has been pronounced by materia medica to be an incurable disease turns in his extremity to Christian Science for treatment and finds himself healed physically and uplifted mentally, he naturally wants to know something more of this Science.
In
the twenty-second chapter of Matthew we read that Jesus said: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
There
should be no diversity of opinion as to the requisites of civil and social conduct and our duty to organized society; but in human fallibility we find a wide divergence in beliefs of what may constitute the necessary qualities of good citizenship.
The
psalmist says: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
When
everything seems to have gone wrong, one can turn to Christian Science, begin at the true beginning, and find relief from the evils of mortality.
When Christian Science was first seriously brought to my attention I was practically down and out in consequence of at first reluctantly, then willingly, following after false gods.
My heart overflows with gratitude for all the good that has come to me through Christian Science.
When at a public luncheon, I inhaled something that apparently closed my windpipe, and I could not breathe.
At the time of my first healing in Christian Science I was an active member of a denominational church.
I am very grateful for all that Christian Science means to me, and I feel particularly grateful for the knowledge that Love can and does overcome hatred, envy, malice, revenge, sin, and all the et ceteras of mortal mind.
For many years I had suffered from nervousness and bowel trouble.
Some years ago, while still a member of a denominational church, I began attending the Christian Science church services.
I want to express my gratitude to God for all His loving-kindness to me, and also to Mrs.
I have been reading the testimonies in the Christian Science Sentinel for several years, and having received great benefit from them have often thought that I should give thanks to God by testifying to the many blessings which I have received through Christian Science.
About six years ago I became afficted with what five attending physicians unanimously agreed was neuralgia of the face.
I wish to add my testimony to the many I have received help from through the Christian Science Sentinel.
With thanks to God and gratitude to our dear Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, also to those who so lovingly brought Christian Science to me, I write this testimony.
Words can only express in a very small measure what Christian Science means to me and mine.
If
only midst our busy life that seemsAn endless toil of patient strife, there comesOne tiny understanding thought of God,Then all is well.
["The English Bible from Bede to Tyndale," by Frederick Dixon—Reprinted by request, from The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, U.
