February 16, 1924
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When
the Israelites were being fed with manna in the wilderness, they found that while it was sweet and fresh upon the day it was gathered, the next day it was unfit for use as food.
Christian Scientists
rejoice that the divine Principle which Christian Science elucidates can be proved, through study and right application, to be indeed scientific.
When
Christian Science first illumines for us the wonderful truth contained in the words of Paul, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit," what a wealth of comfort we experience; and what heavy burdens begin to drop from us! We have, perhaps, been believing that some one was misjudging us, and thus treating us unfairly, or was feeling resentful towards us over some apparently real or fancied error on our part.
The message of Christian Science is one of hope, joy, and blessedness, of health, harmony, and immortality, here and now.
Contrary to the remarks of a revivalist recently published in your paper, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy agrees entirely with the Bible on the definitions of God, sin, the atonement, and creation.
Jesus of Nazareth used no drugs, nor did he recommend their use to his followers.
The Cause of Christian Science has thrived under the lash of persecution and misrepresentation, because attacks upon Christian Science have invariably caused unbiased seekers to investigate the subject, only to find it to be satisfying to their reason as well as to their religious sense, especially as they have been able to verify its claims by healing sickness and overcoming sin in accordance with Jesus' promises.
Christian Science teaches that God being infinite Spirit, His creation must be spiritual,—like producing like; that God being divine Principle, Love, His creation therefore must be the expression of divine Love; also, that God being infinite, omniscient Mind, creation must consist of divine ideas, spiritually mental and not material.
The Directors of The Mother Church desire to thank the field for its generous help to the sufferers in Japan at the time of the earthquake disaster last September, and to announce that there is no further need for contributions to this fund, which is now closed.
What
song means to most men could scarcely have been portrayed more clearly than by a certain poet when he tells us that "the land of song" lies in the glorious world of God within us; while another speaks of song as "the speech of angels.
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Applications for admission to membership in The Mother Church may be sent to the Clerk at any time throughout the year.
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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.
After years spent in the fruitless study of various philosophies and religions, sickness at length brought me near death's door, and I felt as never before the need of an understanding of God.
Ever since I was old enough to read the Bible, the fact that the healing works of Jesus were not continued to our day and time had been a perplexing problem to me.
It is about fourteen years since Christian Science was first offered to me in behalf of my little daughter, two years of age, who was in the hospital suffering from typhoid fever.
I was a practitioner of medicine for twenty years before coming in contact in any way with Christian Science.
In July, 1917, I joined two friends, purposing to spend an eight weeks' holiday on foot in Derbyshire.
After the birth of our second child, through carelessness blood poisoning set in.
I feel that the time has come when I must express my gratitude for Christian Science through the Sentinel.
I am grateful for the many blessings that have come to us through the study of Christian Science.
It is indeed a privilege to add my testimony to the already countless number of those which tell of healings in Christian Science.
In 1919 I was plastering a residence when I fell off the scaffolding and broke three ribs in my left side and injured my left kidney.
I am truly thankful for all the benefits which I have received in Christian Science.
