October 20, 1923
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The
words "demonstrate" and "demonstration," as used in Christian Science, involve meanings vastly different from and broader than those given them in dictionaries.
Mankind
always has needed, and always will need, something whereby to lift itself above the ordinary trifling annoyances of human existence, to say nothing of the larger troubles, such as sin, sickness, and death, and all that these entail.
The
commandment which Jesus called the second, and which he said was like unto the first, may be said largely to form the basis of the Golden Rule.
On
page 353 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" Mrs.
Each
day we are faced with the necessity of deciding one or more problems confronting us.
"Love,
" as used in John's epistles and as capitalized in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, is a wonderful term for God.
The Bible makes a clear distinction between the manifestation of God and the operations of the human mind; and the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, holds steadily to the spiritual pronouncements of Holy Writ, indorsing, in every respect, the teachings of Christ Jesus.
Christian Science is based entirely upon a knowledge of God as divine Principle—as the origin and cause of all real existence.
Christian Science teaches that the material universe and man are false human concepts of spiritual creation and spiritual man.
Christian Science is not a form of autosuggestion, or any other form of hypnotism or mesmerism, or any of the numerous aliases used for this form of error.
Whoso
proceeds in ordered wayAnd holds unshaken confidenceIn God's directing, day by day,Shall fear no dizzy eminence;Nor shall the hordes of mortal senseCause him to falter in the fray,Since midst the clouds of darkness denseGod is his changeless strength and stay.
In
Peter's address to the "men of Israel" on the day of Pentecost, as recorded in the book of Acts, we read these words: "Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you.
Throughout
Old Testament history we find God's people often speaking of themselves as the servants of God.
In 1911, after a great sorrow in my family, I was taken ill with a severe nervous breakdown, and was filled with fear.
In 1911 I proved for myself the truth of Mrs.
It is over twenty years since I first heard of Christian Science.
When I turned to Christian Science a number of years ago, many healings came to me instantaneously, not so much through spiritual understanding, as through an absolute childlike faith in the omnipotence of God.
I am happy to bring my tithe into the storehouse, that there may be the meat of encouragement and hope for other mothers, blindly placed as I was before being led to the light of Truth.
Nearly twenty years ago a relative asked me to borrow from a Christian Science Reading Room a copy of Mrs.
Since early manhood I had been a sufferer from stomach trouble, also from backache and lumbago.
For over ten years Christian Science has been the only physician in our home.
I desire to express my gratitude for the beautiful healing truth, Christian Science.
It is with much joy and gratitude that I testify to the benefits received in Christian Science, which was presented to me when in great need spiritually, physically, and financially.
