ACTIVITY
is so often associated with mere physical motion that one may find it somewhat hard at first to grasp the idea in Christian Science of true activity, which has in it no element of materiality.
WE
were near the middle of the alkali desert in western Utah, and it appeared that we should have to stay there for some time, for the ring-gear of our car was stripped.
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
Christian Science adheres strictly to Christ's method of healing the sick, a method wholly spiritual; and since it is the utilization of divine power it is entirely adequate to do the work without aid from any other source.
Cyril R. Hewson, Committee on Publication for Derbyshire, England,
Your correspondent, writing in a recent issue, virtually states that because in some respects Christian Science conflicts with the statements of Christian faith in the ancient creeds, it therefore forfeits the right to be termed Christian.
Charles E. Heitman, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
The very fact that Christian Science teaches the oneness and allness of Spirit and the nothingness of matter, affirms the eternality of Life, and denies the reality of sin, sickness, and death as a part of God's creation, establishes an impassable gulf between it and spiritualism.
S. Britton R. Foster, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada,
The Christian Science church was organized "to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing".
Thomas W. Whiffen, Committee on Publication for the State of Tennessee,
It is recorded in Luke's gospel that when the disciples of John were sent to Jesus to ask him if he were the Christ, he answered by saying, "Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Augustus Long, Committee on Publication for the State of Nevada,
Christian Science churches and societies are strictly democratic in their government, and a Reader or a practitioner should not be regarded as the head of the organization.
W. Stuart Booth, Committee on Publication for the State of Colorado,
The belief, held by many who are uninformed, that Christian Science practice is simply the power of mind over matter, is evidently shared by your contributor, for he hastened to add that he is not a Christian Scientist.
Grace Jane Noee
with contributions from George J. Noee
From childhood up to the time I was led to investigate Christian Science, I was extremely nervous and suffered from many of the diseases that go with nervous difficulty.
That Christian Science healing is spiritual is proved by the instantaneous healing which often comes through the spiritual illumination of a verse of the Bible or a sentence in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
About twenty-six years ago, when I was suffering with severe lung trouble and a number of other diseases, a friend who was calling said she was reading a Christian Science book.
The contract for 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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