The
newcomer to Christian Science, knowing, perhaps from personal experience, the many troubles that "flesh is heir to," sometimes hesitates before the new teaching that Spirit is the only reality.
To
watch a raw recruit and an old soldier joining their regiment as they receive their equipment from the quartermaster's stores is to get a lesson in the value of a good equipment.
Viewed
from the standpoint of materiality, human life may appear to present a series of developments each one of which is fraught with some more or less painful experience.
How oft the saddening stress of earthHas crushed a heart, and hushed its mirthMid shadows grim and cold;And then, as oft, has Love's warm touchCome gently, with glad carols, suchAs angels sang of old,
John W. Harwood, Committee on Publication for Lancashire,
Every one will agree with a recent correspondent of your paper that the point at issue is the validity of Christian Science, as the true interpretation of Christianity.
In a recent issue of your paper I observed a bank teller joke, in which a wife is represented as saying, "Now, Henry, if you want a dinner fit to eat this evening you'll have to leave me a little money.
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
In reply to a critic in a recent issue of your paper, it may be stated that the reason Christian Science has "spread so widely" is that it has justified its existence.
A belief
almost as old as the tradition of mortal man—made from the dust of the ground, as the account in Genesis has it—is to the effect that man was cursed, sentenced, as it were, to a life of hardship and struggle; and that this experience was imposed upon mortals as the price of maintaining the false sense of life, which constitutes the whole fabric of material existence.
with contributions from The Christian Science Board of Lectureship
The Christian Science Board of Directors announces the election of the following named persons as members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship for the ensuing year:—
In order that The Mother Church may have the benefit of the resulting economy, receipts for per capita taxes and contributions will not be issued after June 1, 1922, unless requested by the sender.
The words of gratitude and truth which I heard at a Wednesday testimony meeting in a Christian Science church planted my feet forever on the path that leads to salvation through a correct understanding of God and His Christ, including the understanding of man in God's likeness.
Words are inadequate to express my gratitude for the many benefits derived from the study and application of Christian Science, which came to me when I was in great physical as well as spiritual need.
Christian Science is daily bringing new and wonderful blessings to our home, and I deem it a great privilege to be able to show my gratitude in this manner.
Jekab Greenblat
with contributions from Mary F. Greenblat
With a deep sense of gratitude I send these lines, hoping they may help others in the same way that the testimonies I have read in the Christian Science publications have helped me.
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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