July 29, 1922
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In
referring to the human tendency to "look back," Jesus' saying, "Remember Lot's wife," is very frequently quoted.
Several
years ago, a legislator remarked to a young student of politics, "If you want throughly to understand a subject before the House, do not obtain your information from editorials in the daily newspapers but from the reports and debates themselves.
In
his first epistle to the Corinthians we find this admonition given by Paul: "Glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's" What does it mean to glorify God?
Frequently
a practitioner of Christian Science is asked by a patient, "Why cannot I get my healing; why does it seem to take so long?
It
is a shopworn adage, perhaps, but none the less applicable to business pursuits, that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
In
Article XXVI, Section 2, of our Church Manual we read that Christian Scientists are expected to prove "sound in sentiment.
A recent issue of your paper contained a report of an address by a clergyman, in which a number of incorrect statements are made regarding Christian Science and Christian Scientists.
Christian Scientists concede to physicians the right to control themselves and to minister to all those desiring their services, but physicians have neither an inherent nor a legislative right to compel any one to submit to their theories of medication, which are as unstable and changing as the color of a chameleon.
Evil, from the Christian Science point of view, is the negation of good; it denies that God is supreme; it has no relation whatsoever to the eternal Mind, infinite good, and does not exist in it; it is therefore not true, and hence not real.
In this day of enlightenment and progress the allusion to Christian Science as "so-called" is somewhat anomolous, especially so since Christian Science has long ago been established as capable of scientific proof and demonstration.
Will the Advertiser, so fair on all questions, allow me a little space to give a view of Christian Science different from that contained in the report of a sermon by a well-known evangelist which recently appeared in its columns?
Although some statements adverse to Christian Science were made in the article above mentioned, the following favorable excerpt is quoted, as of interest to Christian Scientists.
The
human mind, itself a simulation, a counterfeit of divine Mind, appears very loath to be instructed out of its fallacies, since by its very nature it partakes of evil and falsity, having no relation to or traffic with Truth, for Truth and falsity never mingle.
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For over twenty years I have been studying Christian Science, reaping its harvest of blessings, and giving my testimonies in our local Christian Science churches.
In the year 1898, when I decided to take class instruction in Christian Science, in view of the fact that the class was to be held some distance from my home city, and that this meant absence from my field of labor, I immediately wrote to the president of my company for two weeks' leave of absence, and received by way of reply the statement that my presence was absolutely necessary at that season of the year.
Gratitude for blessings received through Christian Science prompts me to send this word of praise to God through our periodicals.
I have been studying Christian Science for a little over two years.
The year previous to coming into Christian Science I was in an accident, which brought to my thought the fear of death.
Christian Science came into my life when I was a frail young woman.
On first hearing of Christian Science I scoffed, as did many others; but after seeing the effect of its teaching and practice, I became very curious to know about it, procured at once a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
I should like to express my gratitude for the many blessings that have come to me through the study and application of the teachings of Christian Science.
When I was about two years old, one of my eyes showed a tendency to turn in.
I am sending my testimony in the hope that it will benefit some one, since it was the truth as revealed in Christian Science that saved and healed me; for the Word of God does heal us of all our diseases and discords, and helps us to solve our daily problems.
In January, 1910, I contracted what is known to the medical profession as rheumatism.
During many years' experience I have had irrefutable proofs of the truth of Christian Science.
My advent into Christian Science dates from attending a Wednesday evening meeting a little over five years ago.
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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.
["The Quality of the Student," from What the Colleges Are Doing, Boston, Mass.
