It
is not inconsistent that children, seeing themselves under continual guidance and correction, should look for perfection in those who have reached the age of maturity; but they find that years have not always yielded the fertility of goodness that they might well expect to see.
"Every
good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning," we read in the epistle of James.
In
a brief article a modern writer, endeavoring to impress upon inexperienced writers the value of simplicity, describes his visit to a silversmith in search of a soup ladle.
While
the individual who is becoming interested in Christian Science may think that he has always had a feeling of reverence for God and, perhaps, a slight understanding of Him, as progress is made in Christian Science he may realize that his reverence was largely emotional and his understanding theoretical.
One
comes, a tiller of the soil is he,And finds a heart o'ergrown with weeds;His words plow deep and reach that troubled heartFor those who follow with the seeds.
Miss Florence B. Russell, Committee on Publication for Hampshire, England,
Will you allow me space to make a few explanations which are called for by the remarks which you have reported from a speech made at the annual appeal for funds for East London?
Augustus Long, Committee on Publication for the State of Nevada,
In an article appearing in your paper of February 12 under the heading, "Urge Medicine and Church to Unite Efforts," reference was made to "the so-called faith healer," which we presume refers to Christian Scientists.
Charles E. Heitman, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
A critic would evidently have us believe that the healing of disease by spiritual means is identical with and inseparable from mysticism and superstition, and is due to nothing more than a blind faith in the power of God.
Joseph Axtell, Committee on Publication for the County of Somerset, England,
The phenomenal success of Christian Science and the incalculable good it is diffusing throughout the world should convey to unbiased persons that there is not much wrong with the practice of a religion which can produce such stupendous benefits to humanity.
S. Britton R. Foster, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada,
Christian Science, or the Science of Christianity, is the knowledge of the unlabored energy of the divine Mind, God, "who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction.
Peter's
experience in learning the great lesson of tolerance toward persons of other races, as related in the book of Acts, is a valuable one for all who would exemplify true Christian character.
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.
The joy and companionship I find in the study of the Bible are bringing to me daily a glimpse of "the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
The statement, "Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new," best expresses to me the sense of life that has come to me through the healings received since I took up the study of Christian Science.
It is impossible for me to express in words my gratitude for the healing of a sickness of years' standing, which I have received through faith and the understanding of Love and Truth.
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