September 9, 1922
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The
fourth commandment has its foundation in a great human need, namely, the need of mankind to set aside a sufficient time in which to know God and His law, and to gain an ever advancing understanding of the blessings which follow obedience thereto.
In
Christian Science we find a well-balanced opportunity to be both Christian and scientific.
Christian Scientists
the world over are realizing that their religion reveals to them an unchanging, abiding Principle.
In
the seventeenth chapter of the gospel of Matthew we read of the case of a lunatic whom the disciples of Jesus could not heal, and we learn through the explanation given by our Master concerning this failure that it was their unbelief which interfered with their work.
The
universe of reality, controlled by divine Mind, God, is entirely separate from and unaware of the supposititious universe of matter.
"Wherefore
take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
In this hour of individual thinking and expression, a critic, writing in a recent issue of your paper, of course is entitled to his concept of man as a mortal, complex, material organism; but in contending for the Adam-man, formed "of the dust of the ground," may one not infer that he has inadvertently overlooked the Elohistic or the true record of creation, wherein man is created in the image and likeness of God, with dominion over all the earth, forever untrammeled by any human hypotheses?
Christian Science explains the Trinity intelligently, and gives the exact meaning that Jesus gave of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
A critic, in a recent issue of your paper, takes exception to the fact that Mrs.
It was interesting to read your report of a meeting which was held to consider healing by spiritual means.
The question at issue is not whether hypnotism, mesmerism, and suggestion are justifiable in medical practice, but whether they constitute the healing practiced by Christ Jesus and his disciples, and enjoined by him upon his followers—the healing which the church in this country is beginning to seek after, as an essential part of her Master's charge.
I am sure you will allow me to correct a misconception of Christian Science appearing in an issue of your paper, and to state emphatically that Christian Scientists do not employ suggestion in any form in their work of healing sickness and sin.
"I have enjoyed the benefits of the beautiful home of The Christian Science Benevolent Association for five weeks, and wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this blessed privilege.
In
Christian Science God is referred to by different synonyms; and, probably, the one which appeals most strongly to the burdened heart of humanity is Love, the term used by the Apostle John when he said, "God is love," Who can fathom the depths of divine Love?
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Applications for admission to membership in The Mother Church may be sent to the Clerk at any time throughout the year.
I wish to add my testimony to the many others, hoping it may help as I have been helped by reading testimonies of healing.
About seventeen years ago my husband was very sick with myelitis.
I did not think myself diseased when Christian Science came to me through a loving friend, but I know now how very inharmonious I was morally and physically; and I am very thankful to Christian Science for all the good it has brought into my life.
When I was but a child, an aunt was healed very quickly of a serious condition of the throat and lungs through Christian Science.
In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy is this statement.
About fourteen years ago, my dear wife presented me with a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
Christian Science was presented to me for physical healing at a time when I was almost desperate because of the failure of material remedies.
I wish to acknowledge, through the Sentinel, my healing in Christian Science.
I wish to record my gratitude for Christian Science.
It is with the thought that I may help some one who needs the truth as I did when Christian Science found me that I give this testimony.
With a deep sense of gratitude and joy I wish to tell of the blessings which I have received since I became interested in Christian Science.
What and where I would have been to-day if it had not been for Christian Science would be hard to say.
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All Christian Science periodicals, including The Christian Science Monitor, are entered at the Post Office in Boston, Mass.
