Through
the gloom of our doubt, and the chill of our fear,When we find earthly power unavailing,Gleams the light of Thy truth, and Thy love comes to cheer,O'er our doubt and our fear all-prevailing.
Lester B. McCoun, Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska,
Christian Science corrects the belief that its adherents have been drawn to it through any means other than the truth about divine Principle, God, from whom it proceeds.
There
are those moments when the voice of GodComes to our clouded thought in accents clear;When our poor human striving for the bestLeaps out and up to claim the love of Love,Returning not in empty loneliness.
As one studies, in the light of Christian Science, the experiences of Christ Jesus in demonstrating the needful things, he becomes convinced that the Nazarene brought about these results through his profound understanding of divine Truth and his extraordinary spiritual illumination, rather than through contemplation of the material things which the situation seemed to demand in order to insure harmonious physical conditions.
Some years ago, while I was a young girl at school, Christian Science came to our home, and I saw my mother and other members of the family healed of all sorts of diseases and ailments, some chronic, others of shorter duration; also a heavy sense of financial lack was beautifully overcome.
In the month of June, 1907, a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy was handed to me by a member of my family with these words: "You will find the way to health, peace, prosperity, an answer to every question, and a complete education in this book.
Although I have often given my testimony and expressed my gratitude for the many benefits I have received from the study of Christian Science, I feel I must no longer delay putting it in writing.
My first personal experience with Christian Science brought me relief from acute inflammation of the eyes, and lifted me out of a tendency to inflamed lids and sties.
When "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy was first lent to me about six years ago, I had been seeking in different ways to find happiness.
In 1912 I became interested in Christian Science through my sister's mailing me a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
The contract for the publication and sale of the Works of Mary Baker Eddy, entered into between the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy and The Christian Science Publishing Society in October, 1917, was rescinded by mutual agreement on June 15, 1922.
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