How
many of us, on first coming into Christian Science, listen with admiration to the testimonies given at our Wednesday evening meetings, and long for the time when we, too, shall be able to practice Christian Science with such sure results! Little do we realize at first that the understanding of this blessed truth must come by gradual unfoldment, each little step being presented to us just when we are ready for it, and that we ourselves must open up the way to receive more, by making good use of what we have.
To
the beginner in Christian Science, lately lifted from a sense of discord to a sense of freedom, come many problems which must be met and mastered before he can stand firmly, unhampered by sense-testimony, in the understanding of Truth.
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts,
In your issue for February, a contributor quoted or used most of the following words without giving credit for them to the author: "Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love.
Arthur P. De Camp, Committee on Publication for the State of Missouri,
In a recent issue of your journal, which is always read in this office with much enjoyment, appeared an article on "Jewish Science," by "Emes," in which there is a misleading reference to Christian Science.
Louis Potts, Committee on Publication for Cheshire, England,
The teachings of Christian Science are based on the Bible, and the proof that the healing works which are accomplished therein are the result of the same Principle which was operative in the healings wrought by Christ Jesus may be established by consideration of certain facts.
Miss Evelyn L. Webb, Committee on Publication for County Antrim, Ireland,
The letter from your correspondent of last week gives a very fair answer to a statement that Christian Science does not heal: also the article from a clergyman in Edinburgh, published in your paper, which the clergyman praises, though making an attack on the Christian Science church, assures us that Christian Science has "given comfort, gracious healing, and a new glad outlook to many thousands of people in every land.
J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
Our friend, your contributor, spoke of the physicians attending a prominent Englishman who recently passed away as placing before their patient printed statements expressing hope for his recovery but without the expected results.
Dear
Mother-Love, so infinitely tender,Guiding, protecting, all along the way;No cause have we to doubt Thy loving presence,No fear that we need ever go astray.
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.
When Christian Science was first offered to me, I was at a health resort for consumptives, suffering from what formerly was known as galloping consumption.
It is with the utmost gratitude for Christian Science that I add my testimony of its healing power to the many appearing in the Christian Science periodicals.
I am very grateful for Christian Science, and wish to express my gratitude for the innumerable blessings my family and I have received through an understanding of its teachings.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I send this testimony of a few of the many blessings I have received from the study and application of Christian Science.
Since 1916 I had been afflicted with a lung disease and was constantly under medical treatment; but the trouble became worse, until no hope of recovery remained.
Articles from members of The Mother Church and good testimonies from those healed by Christian Science are always welcomed for consideration by the Editors.
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