October 23, 1926
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Into
the lives of each one of us come experiences that test our very fiber—experiences that seem like the wrestling of Jacob, that will not let us go till we have received their blessing.
In
the search for permanent and changeless freedom from the materiality that unenlightened human consciousness would have us acknowledge as reality, we must endeavor to rise to a realization of the truth of being that there is no selfhood apart from God.
Jesus
said, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also.
To
work with God requires obedience to divine Principle; and obedience to divine Principle can be rendered only when our relationship to God is understood.
One
sunny morning, at the breakfast hour, a little golden canary was let out of his cage to fly around in freedom and enjoy the equally golden sunshine that flooded the room with warmth and light.
These
royal feasts are spread by Love divine,Places prepared for each beloved child.
There recently appeared in your columns an account of an address by an elder containing the following statement: "We grant that Christian Science is a new movement in the world's thought.
The name of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has been the center of many controversies.
A doctor, in a recent issue of your paper, first gives his description of a Christian as one who measures up to the definition given in a certain dictionary as "a believer in the religion of Christ" and of "Christianity," as "the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.
When
through the mists of time there shone on earthA beacon light from heaven's eternal day,A heart, made sensitive through suffering,Obeyed the call, and walked the narrow way.
A steady unfolding of the work is evidenced by the fact that the Christian Science Worker has come into touch with more men and boys in the last few months than in any other similar period of time since the starting of the work, and by the healings which have taken place either with his help or by the work of the men themselves.
Christian Scientists
frequently examine their thoughts to determine how nearly they are conforming their mental activities to the divine.
A wise
writer has declared, "By friendship you mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, the most open communication, the severest truth, the heartiest counsel, and the greatest union of minds of which brave men and women are capable.
Applications for admission to membership in The Mother Church may be sent to the Clerk at any time throughout the year.
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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, at least four weeks before the date of the lecture; in Great Britain and Ireland, at least five weeks before; in other European countries, at least eight weeks before.
"In Christian Science, a denial of Truth is fatal, while a just acknowledgment of Truth and of what it has done for us is an effectual help.
More than twenty years ago, weary, fearful, and discouraged, I turned to Christian Science for the healing of an invalid child, for whom physicians gave me no hope.
With a grateful heart I wish to relate some of the blessings I have experienced in Christian Science.
After witnessing a Christian Science healing several years ago I purchased a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, so that I might know more of this wonderful teaching.
Through the ordeals suffered along the way, I had lost my faith.
After suffering great weakness and much pain for eleven months, I gave up medicine, massage, and baths, and turned to Christian Science.
I wish to express my sincere gratitude to God and to our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, for the wonderful comfort and happiness and moral uplift that have come into my life through the knowledge of what God really is, as explained in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
It is with ever increasing joy and gratitude that I voice the blessings which through demonstration have come to us in Christian Science.
From my earliest memory I was afflicted with constipation and indigestion, accompanied by severe headaches, dizziness, and so on, at frequent periods.
It is with a feeling of great gratitude that I bear witness to the healing power of Christian Science.
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Articles from members of The Mother Church and good testimonies from those healed by Christian Science are always welcomed for consideration by the Editors.
