Article September 20, 1924 Issue

"By the word of their testimony"

CLARA E. MC KENZIE

The mission of our Wednesday evening testimony meetings—to aid in the destruction of evil, sin, sickness, and death—becomes more clearly apparent to us when we realize that it is our privilege and duty to do our share in this great and holy work. Our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has given us a By-law in the Manual of The Mother Church (p. 47), under the heading, "Testimonials," a portion of which reads, "Testimony in regard to the healing of the sick is highly important." When we stop to consider that a certain time is allotted for this purpose at every Wednesday evening meeting, we can see the importance which Mrs. Eddy attached to this part of Christian Science work.

As church members we have very definite work before us. On page 15 of her Message to The Mother Church for 1901 Mrs. Eddy has made this plain in these words: "The Christian Scientist has enlisted to lessen sin, disease, and death, and he overcomes them through Christ, Truth, teaching him that they cannot overcome us." This overcoming is the work we all are undertaking. And much more is required before the end of all error. Bearing witness to the truth is part of this work; hence the By-law, which is quite definite as to how testimony should be given, so as best to accomplish its purposes. The By-law goes on to say, "This testimony, however, shall not include a description of symptoms or of suffering, though the generic name of the disease may be indicated."

Through carefully pondering the By-law we come to realize the wisdom of it. It is not a picture of error we have to leave with the listener at our meetings or the readers of our periodicals, but a clear mental picture of the operation of divine law, destroying material sense testimony and proving man's God-given dominion over all the earth and the beliefs thereof. This brings to all who hear a better understanding of how to demonstrate more fully the Christ, Truth, in their own experience.

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