Whatever
the reason which impels one to begin the study of Christian Science, it will not be long before the insistence of this Science on the allness of Spirit and the unreality of matter is recognized.
This stanza from hymn number 63 in the Christian Science Hymnal is only one of many examples in the Hymnal, as well as in the Bible and the writings of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, which show that spiritual light is a requisite to true advancement.
It
is said that a certain French count began the day by wishing himself the following "Good morning": "Bonjour, Monsieur le comte; there are great things for you to do to-day!" Surely in all the world's history there were never greater things to be done than there are now, and there were never better equipped men and women to do them than those who are striving to follow the words and works of the master Christian, Christ Jesus.
Promotion
of the student in school imposes two dominant requirements,—further study of the necessary textbooks and the subsequent application of their rules.
Edgar McLeod, Committee on Publication for Northern California,
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, teaches clearly that animal magnetism is a product of mortal mind, or of what Paul terms the "carnal mind;" that it has no value whatever as a curative agent; and that, as in the case of hypnotism, any effect seemingly produced by it can only be the effect of illusion.
Our critic will agree that the Bible records several instances of our Master's disbelief in the actual existence of material things, as, for example, in his passing out of the sight of a crowd, stilling the tempest, stepping into a boat and being immediately at the other side, and also entering a room the doors of which were shut.
Charles E. Heitman, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
I regret to note in your issue of recent date that a gentleman, in a recent address delivered in Albany, took occasion to criticize the healing ministry of Christian Science and to classify it with a number of other teachings, religious and otherwise, with which it has nothing in common.
Aaron E. Brandt, Committee on Publication for the State of Pennsylvania,
[Under the heading, "Christian Science Presented Correctly," the editors of the News Standard have published an article by the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Pennsylvania, in refutation of statements made by a well-known doctor, which reads in part as follows.
In some parts of the field there appears to be a tendency toward making the qualifications for branch church membership so rigid and severe as to be almost prohibitive.
The attention of clerks and committees of branch churches in the United States and Canada, having in charge arrangements for lectures, is called to the necessity of having the information reach the Editorial Department at least four weeks before the date of the lecture, in order to insure publication in the Sentinel.
My father had been a minister of the church and a physician, but when Christian Science first touched my thought it found me with neither religion nor health.
It is with a heart overflowing with love and gratitude for Christian Science that I send this testimony, with the loving desire to help some other dear person who may be struggling with a seeming load of troubles and whose progress seems slow.
Benjamin F. Bartow
with contributions from Josephine M. Bartow
I have never taken advantage of the opportunity which the Christian Science periodicals offer to express, in so far as words can express, my gratitude for the many benefits which my wife and I have received, and are receiving daily, through the study and application of the teachings of Christian Science, but wish to do so at this time.
I can scarcely find words to express my gratitude to God and to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, for the wonderful healing and the great love which have come to me through Christian Science.
Shortly before I heard of Christian Science, when I was reading one day the "Meditations of Marcus Aurelius," I was arrested by a passage to the effect that without a knowledge of things divine, we must fail in our behavior towards men.
After suffering for many years from pyorrhea I was told by a prominent dentist that it had advanced to such an extent as to be incurable by medical science, and that I would in course of time lose all my teeth.
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