August 2, 1924
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Probably
every community in which there is located a Christian Science church or society has developed a far greater interest in the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy than is indicated by the number of people who attend Christian Science services.
In
the ninth chapter of the gospel according to John we have a most remarkable story.
"Forgive
us our debts, as we forgive our debtors," is a very simple and direct request, one that all sincere Christians have prayed since the days when Jesus taught it to men.
Who
has not been held in reverent wonderment whenever the familiar Bible story of Noah and the ark has been presented?
Paul
caught a clear view of the nearness of God, divine Mind, when he stated, "In him we live, and move, and have our being.
In an article in Bergens Aftenblad entitled "Christianity and the Upper Classes" by Rev.
Christian Science healing is purely spiritual in purpose and method.
The Christian Science movement is most certainly the fulfillment of the Scriptures because it reestablishes primitive Christianity and brings to humanity the spiritual healing which it sorely needs, not only for the body but for the discordant conditions which seem to confront us in our daily experience, socially and politically, either as individuals or as a nation.
The "From the Window" section of your paper of March 5 contained a paragraph of insinuation with reference to the stanza of poetry which appears on the front page of each number of the Christian Science Sentinel.
Our
bards of old have told in charming rhymeOf unrequited love and chance misdeed;Of loss of friends and fortune at a timeWhen they of peace of mind seemed most in need.
"I have thought for some time of writing and thanking you for the kind and loving treatment I received while in the Christian Science sanatorium.
In
whatsoever difficulty the Christian Scientist may find himself he knows that the remedy lies ever at hand.
Article
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.
Words cannot express my gratitude for Christian Science and what it has done for me and mine in the last year.
It is ten years since I first began the study of Christian Science, and I have been helped in so many ways that I hardly know where to begin.
About twelve years ago I was given up to die with pneumonia.
Christian Science has been bringing many blessings to me for a number of years.
It is with the deepest sense of gratitude to God and to our revered Leader that I send this testimony of healing, which I experienced some time ago.
A little more than three years ago, I had reached the point where there seemed to be no incentive for living.
In January, I suffered terribly from an abscess in the ear.
Since I became interested in Christian Science, about three years ago, the desire for tobacco has left me.
For five years before knowing anything of Christian Science, my one desire was to know if there was a God of love.
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
