The
so-called mortal mind, or the "carnal mind," as Paul designates this conglomeration of unspiritual thoughts or beliefs, is nothing other than a pretense and a pretender.
Probably
many have wondered to what things Paul referred in Philippians when he wrote, "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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I the world, its riches and its fame,Its love, the wisdom of its greatest sage,With all the honor the false senses claim,Ancestral glory down from age to age,
Richard Edward Prince, Committee on Publication for the State of Virginia,
Any person sufficiently interested in this subject to investigate it has ample opportunity to learn for himself, from first-hand knowledge, that there is nothing ridiculous in the claim that Christian Science heals both effectively and permanently.
Robert G. Steel, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
In an editorial printed in your issue of March 7, under the caption, "As a man thinketh," the opening sentences, given without quotation marks or credit, are as follows: "Eternal Truth is changing the universe.
Arthur John Chapman, Committee on Publication for the State of Louisiana,
Christian Scientists do not worship Mary Baker Eddy in any sense; but they love, revere, and respect her, because she devoted her life to a religious movement which has brought health and happiness to unnumbered thousands.
Miss Kate E. Andreae, Committee on Publication for Sussex, England,
Christian Science is based entirely on the words and works of Christ Jesus; and every individual healing of sin or disease is being accomplished, not by suggestion or hypnotism, but by the simple truth the Master came to reveal.
To insure that complete lecture notices be printed in the Sentinel, detailed information should reach the Editorial Department 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.
Before knowing anything about Christian Science I looked upon it as something to be avoided; so it was only absolute necessity and hopelessness which induced me to try it.
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