The
world has reached the point where men must do their own thinking, and not let others do the thinking for them and then follow their dictation, as if they themselves could not think, and as if there were no possibility of the others ever being wrong in their thinking.
In
three of the gospels we read how, directly after his baptism in the Jordan, Jesus was "led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
The
fact that God is Principle, "with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning," does away at once with any possibility of either good or bad luck; for belief in luck is belief in chance, and belief in chance presupposes, whether the believer realizes it or not, belief in a fickle or possibly an absentee deity.
One
of the beautiful and helpful thoughts which unfold to the student of Christian Science through the study and practice of the teachings of the Bible and Science and Health is this: that his entire inheritance is from God, the divine Mind.
Whoever
thinks of Christian Science as presenting to the world intangible ideals does not understand what tangibility consists of, for to think in terms of material things is not to know reality.
For many years before reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, I had not attended any church or accepted any creed, or engaged in any church work, though, strange to say, I did vaguely believe in God.
Christian Science was first presented to me by a relative who had been healed through Christian Science and who, while visiting me, asked me to read the daily Lesson-Sermon.
For over eighteen years prior to my gaining a knowledge of Christian Science, I had, because of my human ambition, always made money, but had repeatedly lost it.
Blanche M. Colley
with contributions from W. A. Colley
Like many others I came into Christian Science through a longing for something more satisfying and practical than I had been able to find in a denominational church.
When Christian Science came to me several years ago I was suffering from a very serious internal complaint, and a London specialist who had been attending me for many months finally pronounced an operation to be my only hope, although that might leave me a semi-invalid for a long time, and probably for the rest of my life.
"No greater blessing could come to mankind than Christian Science, which teaches and demonstrates the omnipotence of God, good, and the nothingness of sin, sickness, and death.
It is my desire to express publicly my gratitude to God for the healing and protection I am constantly experiencing through the understanding of Christian Science and the application of its teachings.
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