November 5, 1927
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WHEN
Moses called all Israel and charged them to learn, keep, and do the statutes and judgments of God, he was emphasizing the practical nature of true religion.
THE
Christian Scientist who hungers and thirsts after righteousness is bound to progress in Christian Science.
NO
one at the present day who takes time to think more than a little can fail to recognize that the world is going through a great crisis; and those who believe in the Bible as a book of inspired guidance and warning, and who turn to its sacred pages for help and comfort, cannot fail to see that to-day numerous prophecies therein are being literally fulfilled.
ONE
of the grave errors which so-called mortal mind presents, as an excuse for its seeming existence and operation, is that God sends disease and trouble upon mankind, and that there is a consequent necessity for suffering under these great odds, which are represented as the "will of God.
THE
whole world is seeking knowledge that will enable it to triumph over sin, sickness, and death.
A NORTHEASTERLY
gale was blowing, and from the vantage ground of a glazed-in veranda a student was silently watching the white-capped waves breaking in white frothiness upon the beach below.
HOW
prevalent among mortals is the weary sense of working for a living! The very thought of such work brings to many a picture of drudgery and unhappiness.
Will you kindly permit me to correct a statement in your recent issue.
In his sermon, "Christian Science Jews—the Hasidim," as reported in your recent issue, a rabbi made an attempt to show that the truths and fundamentals of Christian Science, the teachings of its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, were not really her discovery but were voiced two centuries before and found expression in a Judaic sect in Europe called the Hasidim.
If as one of your correspondents states " 'truth' would kill Christian Science," since it has been before the world for over sixty years, it should have been killed long ago! What is considered by some people to be the truth about Christian Science is simply their own misconception of it; and however widely a misconception is spread about or believed about any teaching, it cannot and does not affect the teaching itself.
In your recent issue you report a gentleman as criticizing the constructions put on various passages of Scripture by Christian Scientists.
The article, "Religious Healing," which appears in your recent issue, while not unkindly in its tone, is more or less misleading.
I have no desire or intention to start a newspaper discussion on religion, and write merely to correct an erroneous statement made by a speaker at Bordage Hall recently in a talk on the Bible.
In a recent issue of the Star there are some kindly references to Mrs.
WHAT
a comforting prophecy was that of the Psalmist: "They [the children of men] shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Article
Applications for admission to membership in The Mother Church may be sent to the Clerk at any time throughout the year.
Article
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.
I am grateful for an opportunity to give a testimony to the efficacy of Christian Science.
Although I had known of Christian Science for many years, it was not until physical disability, hate, fear, and worry had overwhelmed me that I turned to God in the way we are taught in Christian Science, and immediately obtained relief.
I was born about five hours' journey from the city of Damascus.
In the fall of 1910, while a babe in the study of Christian Science, through a succession of seeming upheavals which swept from me everything mortal mind would have us believe was worth possessing, I was so placed as to find it necessary to earn my living.
About four years ago I was taken ill with a very bad knee.
The latter part of the winter of 1918 found me in a discordant condition mentally and physically.
I did not take up the study of the truth as taught by Mrs.
Jesus said, "Freely ye have received, freely give.
I wish to express my deepest gratitude for all that Christian Science has done and is doing for me and for mine and for all the world.
I did not come to Christian Science primarily for physical healing, but for relief from the disappointments, heartaches, and misunderstandings that arise from contact with the world.
DEAR
Father-Mother God, I pray to Thee, And know that Thou wilt grant me my desire, If that desire be all unfeigned and pure.
