May 26, 1923
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FREQUENTLY
we hear a young student of Christian Science say, "How I wish I could be a practitioner!" Surely this desire is right, for it is the result of the deep gratitude he feels for the blessings he has received through Christian Science.
In
Proverbs we read, "He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
THERE
is probably no word in the Christian's vocabulary that means more than the word "righteousness"; yet it is doubtful if there is any word more generally misunderstood.
ARE
there any tales in all literature that appeal as much to the reader as those of the Bible?
THE
habitual daily study of Christian Science illuminates the thought of the student, and enables him to prove what Paul meant when he said, "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind," to which was added the reason for this endeavor,—"that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Give
me an understanding heart,Dear Love divine, Thy way to see,That I may know no life apartFrom consciousness at-one with Thee!
The seeming existence of both evil and good is the most fundamental problem that ever has presented itself for explanation.
Christian Science is founded upon Bible teaching, is built upon the Decalogue and the Sermon on the Mount.
No one can study the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and fail to see that there is a great gulf fixed between Christian Science and all forms of hypnotism and suggestion.
The Christian religion, as taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus, is as practical to-day as it was when, according to the New Testament, the Master healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, and repeatedly proved the availability of the protecting and sustaining power of God, divine Love.
Because healing is that part of Christian Science which is more particularly brought before the notice of the community, it is apt to be taken as the whole of Christian Science, whereas it is but an effect.
Christian Science is not autosuggestion, nor is it like it in any way.
In
the heart of every one there is an innate desire for perfection.
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The field will be interested to receive the following information regarding Bibles and a new style of Concordance.
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To insure that complete lecture notices be printed in the Sentinel, detailed information should reach the Board of Lectureship regarding lectures in the United States and Canada, four weeks before the date of the lecture; in Great Britain and Ireland, five weeks before; in other European countries, six weeks before.
That this testimony may help some one, as many of the testimonies have helped me, is my sincere desire.
In the spring of 1916 I began seriously and prayerfully the study of Christian Science, and for some time simply devoured it.
It was with great reluctance that nine years ago I attempted the study of Christian Science at the urgent request of my husband.
We are told in the Bible to give thanks,—to rejoice evermore.
In March, 1922, I was attacked by an eye affection that was diagnosed by a practicing physician in San Francisco as ulcer of the eyeball.
Christian Science came to me more than eleven years ago, at a time of great need.
It is difficult to find words to express the gratitude which every one must feel who has enjoyed the benefits of Christian Science.
Words will never be able to express adequately my gratitude for Christian Science and for all the good that has come, and is being brought, into my experience through its beneficent ministrations.
I should like to express my gratitude to God for the peace that I have received through the study of Christian Science.
With a heart full of gratitude I wish to relate a healing which I experienced.
It is with great pleasure that I give my testimony, hoping it may be of benefit to some one in need.
It is with much gratitude to God, to Mary Baker Eddy, and to the Christian Science practitioner who helped me that I give the following testimony.
I am sincerely grateful for the many wonderful healings I have had in Christian Science.
I took up the study of Christian Science early in 1913.
