November 26, 1927
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How little thou knewest, O Daniel,Thou man "greatly beloved,"In that time so far removed from ours,How thy undaunted faithfulnessTo the God whom thou alone wouldst glorify,Should shine adown the years,Bringing courage high to heartsTorn with terrifying doubts and fearsAt error's rampant claim to law and power.
Among
the first things the earnest beginner learns in Christian Science is that he starts out at once with an unexpected patient on his hands, and one of the most troublesome he will ever have to deal with.
No
two people tread exactly the same human pathway in their endeavor to pattern their lives after the great Exemplar of Truth, Christ Jesus.
How
many sufferers sit daily by the wayside, blindly begging an alms of pity and crumbs of comfort from human agencies! While suffering the selfish neglect of a world too busy laying up its treasures on earth, they fail to realize that the Christ is ever present on the highway of life, even though oftentimes hidden from view.
Isaiah,
in signifying the office of the Christ, presents God as saying, "I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
When
the writer was a child she, with others, used to play a game called "Follow the leader," which may offer a helpful illustration to the student of Christian Science.
In your recent issue an article entitled "Which Way?
The attacks on Christian Science appearing in your recent issues indicate a great gulf between the spiritual teachings of Christian Science and the merely time-worn speculative theories propounded regarding the second coming of Christ and the atonement.
Preaching at Sandgate Wesleyan Church, a minister is reported in your recent issue to have said, "Supposing they accepted Christian Science and believed that God was a principle, and not a person, that there were no such things as sin and sickness,.
A writer in your columns, in answer to a question, recently expressed the view that, although there is only one source of healing, they who rely solely on spiritual means are blameworthy.
Recently there has appeared in several newspapers, even in a recent issue of your esteemed paper, a review of Docent E.
For the benefit those of your readers who may not know better, please permit me to say that Christian Science does not uphold anyone in trying to force another to accept the truths he has adopted.
With
mankind in general, youth has been looked upon as an exalted state, the perpetuation of which would insure everlasting happiness.
The
grace of God is something men are not given overmuch to considering.
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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.
It is with great thankfulness and deep gratitude for some understanding of God, as taught in Christian Science, that I send this testimony.
A few years ago I was in a very bad way mentally and physically, suffering from an acute form of heart disease, from which physicians and a specialist offered little hope of recovery.
Six years ago I had a nervous breakdown as a result of worry, overwork, and the effects of an unhappy disposition.
As a sign of my gratitude for blessings received, I testify to the healing power of Truth, which is expressed through Christian Science.
Several months ago, while playing golf with three friends, a sudden shower caused us to scurry to shelter.
I can never be grateful enough for the wonderful help I have received from Christian Science in my school work.
Seven years ago we decided to try Christian Science for my husband, who was having nervous trouble.
When I was a very small child my grandmother taught me the "scientific statement of being," the Lord's Prayer with its spiritual interpretation as given in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
