"Above
all," said a cynical French diplomat to a novice in his profession, "no zeal!" They who have to do with the greater affairs of human life learn ultimately that the divine Mind, which rules and determines all, is never hurried by the pertinacious insistence of the so-called human will.
Every
human being needs comfort in one respect or another; and each one is empowered to find, and entitled to, this comfort in fulfillment of the promise, "Seek, and ye shall find.
Who
has not been impressed by and commended the attitude of Abraham when his herdmen and those of Lot quarreled, because, owing to the increase of their cattle, the land was not able to bear the two companies?
The
student of Christian Science does not travel very far in his mental journey without realizing the truth of Paul's statement that we are "members one of another.
Webster
gives a definition of prosperity as, "Advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success opposed to adversity.
John W. Harwood, Committee on Publication for Lancaster County,
The understanding of God and His law gave Jesus the means whereby he went about doing good: when challenged by him, evil of every nature, whether manifested as sin, disease, or death, disappeared.
Robert G. Steel, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
The claim of those who do not understand spiritual healing,—that cures in Christian Science are wrought through a materially mental process by Satanic power, —has its counterpart in the Bible.
Samuel J. Macdonald, Committee on Publication for the State of New Jersey,
Jesus taught unmistakably the vital importance of our making right declarations when he said, "For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Charles E. Heitman, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
The fact that adherents of Christian Science obey the precepts of Christ Jesus and daily demonstrate their Christianity in the way the Master taught, healing the sick, reforming the sinner, and otherwise ministering in a practical manner to their brethren's need, has made a profound impression on the Christian ministry and has come to be accepted as irrefutable proof that Christian Science is both Christian and scientific in its teaching and practice.
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for Oregon,
In explaining the character of the Supreme Being, Christian Science applies to Deity the endearing terms of Father and Mother, thus the better to indicate the loving and tender relationship which exists between God and His children.
The Christian Science Board of Directors is in receipt of communications from branch churches in the United States containing resolutions recently passed regarding the situation in Asia Minor.
Christian Science came into my life about eight years ago, when I was greatly in need of something to deliver me from the false pleasures of material sense.
I would like to add my word of gratitude to the many others, — gratitude to God for the truth which makes men free, and for the noble woman, Mary Baker Eddy, whose thought was pure and spiritual enough to behold the light which "shineth in darkness.
I wish to express my sincere gratitude for all the help I have received from my study of Christian Science during the twenty-six years that have elapsed since I began its study.
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