WHAT
the kingdom of God is to the one enlightened by the teaching of Christian Science, so is the far country to the groping mortal; the one knows that he rests within, the other seemingly toils without.
ALL
down through the centuries Bible readers have thought that they knew something of the meaning of the First Commandment and that rendered a measure of intelligent obedience thereto.
WHEN
Mary Baker Eddy startled the world many years ago with her statement of the nothingness of matter, there were very few who were willing to accept her discovery, and when she further announced that what religious belief had called God is not a person but Principle governing the entire universe, many people objected.
In
the Scriptures we read: "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God;" that is, man is sustained spiritually.
The
authors of the church catechism had a broader sense than is usual of the Eighth Commandment, when they instructed their readers to keep their hands from picking and stealing, and their tongues from evil speaking, lying, and slandering.
J. I. Pointer
with contributions from J. I. Pointer
I had no great desire for righteousness previous to coming into Christian Science, but this desire was most certainly awakened in me from the day I first understood the message of Christianity.
I feel that I have been receiving good from the Christian Science periodicals without giving anything in return quite long enough, and I hope this testimony will help some one else to see the way of Truth.
Having received so much comfort and encouragement from the testimonies of others in the Christian Science Sentinel and Journal, I in loving gratitude express my thanks for the wonderful healing and uplifting influence of Christian Science.
I became interested in Christian Science through idly picking up copies of the Sentinel in waiting rooms and hotel lobbies when I was willing to read almost anything to help pass the time away.
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