That
obedience is not a question of personal choice but an eternal law of Spirit, ever operative in consciousness, is clearly discernible through a study of the By-laws of The Mother Church.
Until
one becomes interested in the teachings of Christian Science, it is too often true that God seems to be very distant, though, as Paul says, "he be not far from every one of us: for in him we live, and move, and have our being.
In
the first chapter of Genesis we learn that God, having created man in His image and likeness, looked, not upon a portion of His creation, but upon the whole of it, and pronounced it "very good.
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
In your recent issue, when discussing political candidates, a gentleman referred to our religion in a way that was misleading, and spoke of those who give "some hocus pocus signs and wave their outspread fingers before our eyes," from which the erroneous inference might be drawn that Christian Science misrepresents facts and tries to cover the wrongdoing by hypnotic methods.
Miss Madge Bell, Committee on Publication for North Island, New Zealand,
The pronouncement on "Divine Healing" by the Methodist Church of Australia, as given in the Herald, calls for some corrections, and I shall be glad if you will grant space for this letter.
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
Among the fragmentary sayings of "Allozone" under the headline "Man and His Gods," in your recent issue, touching upon man's disposition to worship something or somebody, I find this remark: "We worship Aimee and Mrs.
Kellogg Patton, Committee on Publication for the State of Wisconsin,
I have read with interest and profit in a recent issue of your paper an article by a doctor relative to toxin-antitoxin, the Schick test in particular, and the question of its introduction into the public schools of Ashland.
To-day
—Thy will be done!Let me not turn asideSeeking mine own, but following after good,In Thee abideTill error's misty thrall I know no more,Nor sin, nor death, can move me as before.
Every student of the Bible is familiar with the deep experiences which came to Job when he was learning the difference between self-righteousness with its resulting disasters and the righteousness which is of God and which always brings sweet contentment and peace.
Due to the rising cost of raw materials and labor it has become necessary to increase the price of the Bible in Revised Braille, Grade One and a Half, from $82.
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.
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Christian Science came to me when I had lost all my friends, and at a time when I felt that although life must be lived for the duties near at hand, the joy of living was an impossible achievement.
It is with a heart full of gratitude that I desire to give this testimony of the blessings which have come to our home since we turned to Christian Science.
He
thinks on thee—oh, truth sublime!Through all the years, in every clime,Where'er thy wand'ring footsteps stray,In pastures green or thorny way,He thinks on thee, for thou art dear;Then, troubled heart, no longer fear.
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