April 5, 1924
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Jesus'
demonstration on the occasion of the raising of Lazarus, as told in the eleventh chapter of John's gospel, included three audible rebukes to materiality.
Many
of the disciples of Jesus and many of his subsequent followers have failed to understand his teachings.
Many
times the disciples of Jesus must have found their Master waiting for them at the dawn of a new day, his face alight with the peace and serenity of a night spent in prayer on the mountain side.
To
endure means to bear with patience, to remain firm under trials, to suffer without yielding.
To
our waking consciousness, listening for a morning message from divine Love, how sweet should be the strains of the Psalmist, "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it;" and also the blessed promise of our much loved Leader, as found in our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures".
To prove His perfect gifts!It is enough to-dayTo journey one good honest leagueUpon a worthy way;To see and heed the signal He has sent,I am content, I am content.
Kindly be informed, and allow me to inform your readers, that the headlines of a dispatch from Boston in your issue of December 22 were partly incorrect and misleading.
Christ Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Autosuggestion, mesmerism, hypnotism, mind control, and similar terms for the human, carnal mind's activities, were believed in throughout all generations of Bible history under different names.
Phrase it as you will, it is not conceivable that one supposedly made of dust, a counterfeit, erring, fleshly mortal, is the man God made in His image and likeness and pronounced "good.
It is interesting to note that a clergyman, in a sermon on "Divine Healing," admitted that membership in the so-called orthodox church has been lessened because many found that the Christian Science church was the only church "which expressed any interest in the physical welfare of the people.
Christian Science teaches that God is the divine Principle of the universe, and that through the spiritual understanding of God all discord can be destroyed.
An evangelist is reported as believing that sickness can be cured through prayer to-day as in the days of Christ Jesus, and is quoted as saying: "You do not have to run away from the church of Jesus Christ to Mary Baker Eddy to get the doctrine of divine healing.
With
the clarity of thought and lucidity of expression which invariably characterize her writings, Mrs.
All
the Christian world has acknowledged the Golden Rule as a simple summary of mankind's duty to mankind.
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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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Churches and societies in the United States proper and in the Dominion of Canada wishing to give lectures during the first two months of the next lecture year, namely, July and August, 1924, are requested to inform the Board of Lectureship, if possible, before June 1.
Like a great many others I came to Christian Science for physical healing after all material remedies had failed, and have received so many benefits that I want to give this testimony and thereby, in a measure, express my great thankfulness to God for Christian Science.
It was while attending a meeting help by an evangelist that I first heard of Christian Science and its healing power.
A number of years ago my sister took up the study of Christian Science and tried to interest me.
I first heard of Christian Science about three and a half years ago.
For many years I have relied wholly upon Christian Science for healing; and I am glad to acknowledge the spiritual help and many other benefits received from following its teachings.
About eight years ago Christian Science came into my experience unexpectedly, beautifully, and with instantaneous proof of its healing and uplifting power.
It is a great pleasure to testify to the healing power of Christian Science.
The first great blessing I received through Christian Science was the healing of pneumonia.
After I began the study of Christian Science, a great fear came upon me that perhaps it was not of God; but as I was earnestly seeking, I prayed that I might be shown the way, for I felt that if it was not of God I wanted nothing to do with it.
Nearly ten years ago I first called for help in Christian Science for relief from tonsillitis, and received an instantaneous healing.
I should like to express my gratitude for Christian Science and for what it has done for me.
I have relied solely on Christian Science for nearly sixteen years.
