It
can be readily understood that those who have become acquainted with Christian Science and have thereby experienced the healing power of Truth, would wish to acquaint their suffering fellow-men with the source of such good.
At
the present time, when much is heard about business depression, lack of employment, and consequent beliefs of limitation, Christian Science is here to lift the unnecessary burden of fear and want by supplying mankind with the truth about work, and the understanding necessary to apply this truth to one's present experience.
In
human experience, with its complexity of seeming sorrow and joy, pain and pleasure, disturbances apparently caused by what men call outside influence are not uncommon to individuals.
The
mountain peak that seemed so far away,Is growing nearer as we journey on;The mist that seemed to hide the light of day,Is disappearing with the coming dawn.
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
Christian Science adheres strictly to Scriptural teachings and employs in its healing ministry nothing that is evil in itself or is capable of producing evil, relying, as it does, solely upon the power of God, in whom there is no element that can possibly harm.
It
is an old saying that "in unity there is strength;" and while it is probable that the author of this axiom was thinking in terms of materiality, it becomes all the more cogent when considered from the basis of divine metaphysics.
In addition to the regular green cloth binding of "The Life of Mary Baker Eddy," by Sibyl Wilbur, this book, in the same size, is now available in a full morocco binding, with round corners and gilt edges.
Christian Science has been in my home as long as I can remember; and while during our early experience we were not actively engaged in the study of it, yet I was very small when I remember my parents' carrying all of the various medicines from the medicine closet to the waste barrel.
Although I am but sixteen years of age, a word of gratitude from me may strengthen and encourage some one who is still struggling with school problems.
Dear
Lord, if mine be not the voice to sing Thy praiseIn mighty anthem whose reverb'rant toneEchoes throughout the sky, and rises higherWith grand crescendo as it seeks Thy throne,Then let me sing, perhaps at eventide,A song of hope, and send it forth to meetThe heart of one whose weary, wandering feetHave missed the way; who through the long, dark yearsNo song of faith has sung to banish fears.
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