IN
these days when nations are struggling for freedom, it is well to consider what freedom means to the individual; for unless freedom is attained by the individual, there can be no true freedom for the nations.
THE
Christian Science church, established by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, affords shelter and protection to Christian Scientists,—a place where their mutual spiritual interests may be enhanced through organized effort.
The
story of Peter's release from prison, given in the twelfth chapter of Acts, is a very helpful study, should we seem to be accepting a suggestion of limitation of good.
Aaron E. Brandt, Committee on Publication for the State of Pennsylvania,
A sermon appeared in your issue of recent date in which an evangelist from California tried to make it appear that every religious teaching which denies the personality of God is paganism.
Richard E. Prince, Committee on Publication for the State of Virginia,
Your editorial page of recent date contained a criticism of The Christian Science Monitor and its choice of news which betrays a lack of understanding of the Monitor as well as of its scope and purpose.
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
The statement reported in a recent issue that "doctors practiced Christian Science in that they had to get the confidence of the patient first," is erroneous and misleading, for confidence in human personality is not taught in Christian Science.
The
question is sometimes asked, What are the advantages of attending the services of the Christian Science churches, since the leading feature of the service is the reading of the Lesson-Sermon, which may be read at home repeatedly and at one's convenience, thus saving time and the inconvenience of attendance at a church?
After
Elihu had listened patiently to the ineffective reasoning of Job and his three friends in their endeavor to discover the cause and the way out of Job's difficulties, it is written of Elihu that "against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
with contributions from Andrew J. Graham, Annie Maria Spurgeon, John Randall Dunn, George William Gimson, Charles I. Ohrenstein, George Henry Trader, John W. Doorly, Byrnie H. Waelder, William D. Kilpatrick, Paul Stark Seeley, Earl A. Jacobs, George Shaw Cook, Viola S. Gastrell, Frank Bell, Walter F. Crap
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.
Christian Science was first brought to my notice when my need was greatest, and I am very grateful to be able to express my gratitude for the healings I have had through some understanding of God and of man as His image and likeness, as revealed to us through the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and other writings by Mary Baker Eddy.
Eight years ago, when Christian Science was first presented to me, I was under the care of a medical specialist, suffering with a fatty tumor on my hand.
I was returning from the pasture about dark one evening riding bareback on a horse which was very high-spirited, when suddenly he reared and fell over backwards, catching me across the hips and breaking the pelvis bone.
The privilege of having even a small knowledge of the truth as taught in Christian Science impels me to express a deep sense of gratitude for its many benefits.
I had read and loved the Bible from childhood; but as I grew older I could see little connection between its teaching and that of the church of which I was a member.
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with contributions from Andrew J. Graham, Annie Maria Spurgeon, John Randall Dunn, George William Gimson, Charles I. Ohrenstein, George Henry Trader, John W. Doorly, Byrnie H. Waelder, William D. Kilpatrick, Paul Stark Seeley, Earl A. Jacobs, George Shaw Cook, Viola S. Gastrell, Frank Bell, Walter F. Crap