What
an assurance of the success of all his endeavors it must have been to Moses when God said to him, "My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest"! Surely after this Moses could tread his pathway with confidence in his ability to succeed in his undertakings, having the knowledge that he had the promise of God that he should continue in His presence.
Jesus
prefaced his Sermon on the Mount with certain precepts called Beatitudes—rules of conduct necessary to the so-called human mind preparatory to its yielding to spiritual Truth.
While
the problem with many is lack of work, possibly quite as many are finding it difficult to know how to crowd into the short hours of the day the innumerable tasks that present themselves, and to perform them satisfactorily.
G. Ervin Thompson, Committee on Publication for the State of Rhode Island,
A more careful study of Christian Science on our critic's part would have prevented him from stating in Joe Pencil's column of the Cranston News of recent date that Christian Science was a "form of grafting.
W. Truman Green, Committee on Publication for the State of Florida,
A recent issue of your paper contains an extract of a sermon by a minister in which he states that Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, called herself the "feminine Christ.
Charles M. Shaw, Committee on Publication for Lancashire, England,
Please permit us to say that the statement made—according to your report—concerning Christian Science at the special service of the Evangelical Alliance at Littleborough, to the effect that Christian Science taught that the whole of the external world was an illusion, may be misleading.
Aaron E. Brandt, Committee on Publication for the State of Pennsylvania,
In view of the publicity recently given to a former Jewish rabbi's claim of conversion to Christian Science and his later repudiation of it, we deem it only fair to state to your readers, in this connection, that there are Christian Scientists familiar with the circumstances who could give quite different reasons than those alleged by him for his apparent change of heart.
W. Clyde Price, Committee on Publication for the State of Utah,
In reporting a review of a book entitled "Divine Law Applied or Man's Reiationship to God," the editor of your interesting and valued column, "Under the Reading Lamp," recently wrote: "Although no reference to it is made, the theories and concepts here outlined seem similar in many respects to the doctrine promulgated by Mrs.
Charles W. Hale, Committee on Publication for the State of Indiana,
The article, "Jesus Heals and Saves a Blind Man," in your recent issue, implies that the practice of Christian Science, in healing disease by the power of prayer alone, is contrary to Jesus' teachings.
Peter B. Biggins, Committee on Publication for the Province of Alberta, Canada,
In a recent issue of the Bulletin "Dorothy Dix" purports to quote a woman who intimates that she does not believe in saying that it is sunshiny when it is raining, or in deceiving herself into "thinking it is an error of mortal mind when I have a jumping toothache.
Life
! infinite, divine, too wonderful for human thought to grasp—Life, evermore the source of all,And bringing all eternal good!Life! holy pow'r enabling us to riseAnd reach from out the lies of sense to findAnd claim our ownAt-one-ment with our God,A unity that knows no taint of flesh.
The
marvelous story of the raising of Lazarus as recorded in John's Gospel furnishes to the student of Christian Science much food for thought as to Jesus' purpose and method.
When
Paul declared, in words which have become familiar to all the Christian world, "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity," he certainly did not intend that faith and hope were thenceforth to be lost sight of.
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With gratitude unmeasured and a sincere desire to help others, this testimony to the unfailing efficacy of Christian Science to heal all manner of evil, is written.
As it is over sixteen years since Christian Science first came into my life, I feel that the time has arrived to tell something of the blessings it has brought to me.
My heart is full to overflowing with gratitude for the wonderful healing help I have received through the study, application, and understanding of Christian Science.
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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