The
word "testify" is derived from the Latin testis—a witness—and facere—to make; and this explains one function of the Christian Science testimony meetings.
Mrs. Gudrun G. Jensen, Committee on Publication for Norway,
A recent issue of your paper contains a report of a lecture on "The Form and Color of Our Thoughts" in which the lecturer intimated that suggestion and Christian Science are one and the same.
Charles E. Heitman, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
Being a grateful people, Christian Scientists were naturally pleased to learn through a news item in your recent issue that a minister of the Lutheran Synod had stated in a report to his associates that the Christian Science religion was not wholly without merit.
Louis Potts, Committee on Publication for Cheshire, England,
The effect of Christian Science is to eliminate mysticism, or any sense of mystery, by bringing the light of spiritual understanding to the Scriptures, thus enabling the student to realize the spiritual or real import of the great truths contained therein.
"Repent ye
: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand;" thus declared John the Baptist centuries ago, and repentance has been preached almost unremittingly ever since.
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.
My deep gratitude to God and to our beloved Leader for Christian Science cannot be measured by any words I could write, for it brought me out of darkness into light.
As a thanksgiving offering to Mary Baker Eddy for her consecration of thought in search for the truth and the revelation that she has given to the world through the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," I wish to give my testimony to the efficacy of her work for mankind.
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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