December 13, 1924
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Our
greatest foe is the false belief that man has a mind apart from God; from which arises the belief that he has a self which lives and is able to move and act apart from God, a self which is material and which is cognizant of both good and evil.
The
word "claim" figures in so many ways in connection with business and legal proceedings that its usage is of common occurrence.
It
is a common characteristic of mortals to desire to know in advance just what recompense they are to receive for performing a certain task or rendering a certain service to their fellow-men.
Some
months ago we had occasion to observe the building of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist.
In the published report of a sermon in your issue of recent date, I find the following statement: "Because men cannot test out God through a tube in a laboratory, they deny the immaculate conception of Christ and turn to Christian Science.
A recent article in the Herald referred to divine healing, and in the course of the article the writer spoke of Christian Science in a manner which calls for correction.
In your account of spiritual healing in Norwich, in a recent issue of your paper, it is stated that spiritual healing is not Christian Science, for "Christian Science denies illness and denies sin, whereas spiritual healers deny neither.
Christian Scientists do not contend that God gives them what they want, but that He provides them with what they need.
Christian Science healings are effected without regard to the so-called material sciences, which constantly change their basis, mode of operation, and system of application.
A contributor to the American of recent date objected because you treated the Christian Scientists with the same generosity shown other denominations, and printed extracts from one of their lectures.
In
that spirited exchange of words between Jesus and the Pharisees gathered in the temple and seeking to confuse him, as recorded in John's gospel, the Master uttered statements of deep significance to the students of his precepts and practices in all time.
There
are few things which men prize more highly than their right to make decisions for themselves.
Christian Science
is telling the world, in language which has not the slightest trace of ambiguity about it, that disease is a delusion.
Article
Announcement is made by the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy of the completion of the printing of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy in Revised Braille, Grade One and a Half, for the use of the blind.
Article
The attention of clerks and committees of branch churches in the United States, having in charge arrangements for lectures, is called to the necessity of having the information reach the Editorial Department at least four weeks before the date of the lecture, in order to insure publication in the Sentinel.
During the past three years I have been experiencing an increasing sense of freedom and peace through a clearer understanding of the nature and relations of God and man, as revealed through the study of Christian Science.
Anticipating early dissolution according to the verdict of the medical profession, I yielded to my wife's advice to try Christian Science, but with no hope of a favorable outcome.
With the words, "I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds," Paul concluded his address before Agrippa.
My interest in Christian Science was aroused partly because of a desire for physical healing, and partly because of a desire to keep abreast of the times.
When Christian Science first came to my attention seriously, I was suffering from a condition of high blood pressure, severe nervousness, stomach trouble, and consequent despondency.
Four years ago, when my family and I felt I was dying, Christian Science treatment certainly healed me; and we are indeed grateful.
As a child, God was always very near to me; and I would turn to Him to answer anything that disturbed me.
More than twelve years ago I underwent a serious operation because of internal difficulties.
It is a number of years since Christian Science was presented to me.
[From "Men Who Tithe," in the World's Work, Garden City, New York, July, 1924]
