IF
a Scriptural precedent were needed as justification for the sanatorium of The Christian Science Benevolent Association, it might be found in the tenth chapter of Luke, wherein is recorded the incident of one who had fallen among thieves "which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
PEOPLE
usually turn to Christian Science for one of two reasons: either they want to be rid of some physical discomfort, or they are looking for a satisfying religion, failing to see that the two may be united.
NOTHING
save spiritual truth can be expressed with steadfast assurance, for nothing outside of it is reliable; and a firm conviction of this will perceptibly further the possibility of the demonstration of Truth.
THE
sword, symbol of warfare, has generally been thought of as a weapon of destruction; for whether used in defensive or offensive combat, the prime and oftentimes only purpose of the sword has been to destroy.
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts,
In a dispatch from New York in your issue of recent date, the Christian Science Committee on publication for New York was misquoted as saying that Christian Scientists at the present time accept the inevitability of death.
Arthur E. Blainey, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada,
Referring to your report, in a recent issue, of the meeting of the Toronto Association of Baptist Churches, I respectfully submit the following brief correction of a misstatement attributed to a minister, in which he included Christian Sci ence with certain other denominations as "disseminating false doctrines which constitute a menace to religion, and a challenge to the people of God.
Paul Gassner, Committee on Publication for Germany,
The statements made in an article by a writer in a recent issue of your esteemed paper concerning not only the life of the Founder of the Christian Science religion, but also its teachings, have been taken from widely circulated hostile writings which the writer of the article evidently considers to be the only true source.
IN
that most appealing prayer which appears in the seventeenth chapter of John's Gospel, Christ Jesus besought the Father not only to glorify himself, that he in turn through his strict adherence to divine Principle might glorify God, but he also prayed for the sanctification and protection of his dearly beloved disciples, who had stood with him throughout the trying years of his ministry.
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.
When Christian Science was first presented to me by a dear friend and neighbor, I was reading a number of books which gave power to thought, but this friend knew they did not contain the truth, so she told me about Christian Science.
I did not come to Christian Science for physical healing, but because I was unhappy and dissatisfied, and could not find any comfort or practical help in the teachings of my church.
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