June 10, 1922
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A Gathering
of Christian Scientists filling the edifice of The Mother Church to its capacity heard the addresses and reports of the officers of the church and reports from the field at the Annual Meeting, which convened at two o'clock on Monday, June 5.
A kindly critic in a recent issue of your paper states of Christian Scientists, "Their main tenet consists in mental healing.
Christian Scientists accept the teaching of the Bible without reservation.
The place accorded to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, in the religion of Christian Science, is very different from that set forth in the statement "Science and Health is the Bible of the Christian Scientist," attributed in your columns to one of Manchester's leading clergymen in a recently reported sermon.
The definition of pantheism, according to Webster, is: "The doctrine that the universe taken or conceived of as a whole is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined forces and laws which are manifested in the existing universe.
May I correct the erroneous impression given out in the sermon of an evangelist reported in a recent issue of your paper, that the teaching of Christian Science in regard to salvation differs from Bible teaching on this point.
Every
person who becomes accustomed to reason metaphysically, to note and analyze the various claims of mortal sense presenting themselves at the gates of human thought, recognizes how insistent and persistent are their demands for recognition.
One
of the most interesting of the healings recorded of Christ Jesus is to be found in the second chapter of Mark's gospel.
When
Jesus said to his disciples, "Condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned," he set before them a great duty and the possibility of a great reward.
Many years ago I sent a testimony to The Christian Science Journal as to my first healing in Christian Science from what was pronounced an incurable form of heart disease; but now I should like to tell of what I feel to be an equally wonderful healing.
I have had many proofs of the perfect law of Love as revealed in Christian Science.
Through the healing of an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago I first learned of Christian Science.
I have great cause at this time to rejoice at having a little understanding of Christian Science, which lifts us out of the sea of materiality, and teaches us how to know God and to trust Him at all times and under all circumstances.
In 1907, after several years of suffering from nervous prostration, indigestion, and other ailments, it was suggested that I try Christian Science.
Three years ago, after an attack of pneumonia, I was left with a severe case of acute asthma.
In 1907, when I first began the reading of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy, things of a religious nature did not mean very much to me; in fact, I thought I had no use for them, as my experience along that line had not been very satisfactory.
The spring of 1917 found me hampered by the effects of nervous prostration, from which I had suffered in varying degrees of intensity for several years.
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Articles from members of The Mother Church and good testimonies from those healed by Christian Science are always welcomed for consideration by the Editors.
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All Christian Science periodicals, including The Christian Science Monitor, are entered at the Post Office in Boston, Mass.
