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Because the study and application of Christian Science...
Because the study and application of Christian Science have brought into my experience so much blessing and have changed my outlook on life, I desire to add my testimony to the many which are going out through our periodicals, like a stream, bringing refreshment to the weary and giving strength and encouragement to seekers after Truth.
For many years, as an active worker engaged in evangelistic and missionary work in England and afterwards in China, I was an earnest Bible student; and while endeavoring to give the gospel message to the weary and heavy-laden, I always had an intense longing to follow in the footsteps of the blessed Master and heal the sick. The excuse so frequently and insistently drilled into one, that the miracles of Jesus and his disciples were for the establishment of Christianity, but were not now possible, never really satisfied one's reason; although, through a mistaken sense of faithfulness to one's church and creed, one was almost afraid to think there must be a better way to heal than by drugs and ointments. Frequently, as I talked to crowds in market places or before heathen temples, telling the story of Jesus' many deeds of love and mercy, or explaining the gospel to sick and diseased folk waiting at the mission hospitals, the questions would be asked, "Where is the power of Christ Jesus now?" "Why cannot you do those things?" and it seemed but a poor substitute, to discourse eloquently on the power and love of God, to picture a happy future beyond the grave, and then fall back on pills and lotions for the dire needs of the moment.
When circumstances led me to withdraw from active religious work and again follow a business career, I became interested in social welfare work. For a time this more practical method seemed to offer a wider scope; but I soon discovered that theory and practice were again far, far apart, and cynical resentment against existing conditions, together with the apparent hopelessness of changing them, only increased what was anything but a happy frame of mind. To use Paul's words, I felt truly without hope "and without God in the world."
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October 27, 1923 issue
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"Lead us not into temptation"
STANLEY M. SYDENHAM
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"Sing joy"
RUTH INGRAHAM
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"The Prince of Peace"
JACOB GINSBERG
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Effective Service of the Church Usher
EDWARD CLAYTON PYNE
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The First Commandment
FLORENCE A. HOYT
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Simplicity
HELEN ANDREWS NIXON
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A Weaver
LILLIAN BARKER DURKEE
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It is now generally known that Christian Science healing...
Mrs. Katherine English, Committee on Publication for British Columbia, Canada,
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Mrs. Eddy discovered and founded Christian Science;...
Thomas W. Whiffen, Committee on Publication for the State of Tennessee,
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Christian Science has been found practical, not only...
Walter H. Bedard, Committee on Publication for the State of Georgia,
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Christian Science is, as its name states, Science
J. O. Thomson, Committee on Publication for Victoria, Australia,
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The Bible teaches that God is Spirit, omnipotent, omnipresent...
Miss Ellen Graham, Committee on Publication for Lanarkshire, Scotland,
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Letters from the Field
with contributions from Alfred Bode, Margarete Diercksen, Bertha Kühne, Elsbeth Unverdacht
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Announcement
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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"Be ye separate"
Albert F. Gilmore
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On the Value of Time
Duncan Sinclair
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Imbibing the Spirit
Ella W. Hoag
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From the Directors
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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The Lectures
with contributions from John J. Flinn, William E. Jackson, Loewenthal, A. Hervey-Bathurst, William D. Kilpatrick, James B. Patterson
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Because the study and application of Christian Science...
Frederick Richard Johnson
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Christian Science has been for me truly the new birth,...
Lueia Taparella
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Christian Science was presented to me seven years ago
Ephraim O. Engberg
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Christian Science was first presented to me by our physician,...
Meta C. Koenig with contributions from Emil H. Koenig
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I am very grateful for the revelation of the Christ,...
Flora Collier
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For the numerous blessings which have come to me...
Isabelle Ames
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It is with a heart full of gratitude that I send my testimony...
Christina Shannon
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As a result of a difficult operation there had formed...
Auguste Weihtag with contributions from Gertrud Weihtag
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Heber Dwight Ketcham