January 28, 1928
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THE
watchword is spoken; the light of Truth has again dawned on human consciousness, and through the ministrations of Christian Science mankind is being redeemed from sin—all evil.
WHAT
inspiring pictures the Bible gives us of the talks between Jesus and his disciples! What a wonderful privilege was theirs to be with the one who understood Love so well that he was ready to let men attempt the destruction of his human sense of life, that all might learn that Life is eternal and evil powerless! The Master was ever trying to lift the disciples' concept of life to that wonderful vision of spiritual existence which he ever kept before himself.
WHEN
Christ Jesus said, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven," he drew a definite line of demarcation between merely thinking about spiritual things and truly reflecting the divine Mind.
IN
I Samuel we are told that when an evil spirit was upon Saul, "David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
IN
the sacred study of Christian Science it is not enough that one should take a few moments each day to peruse "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, or our Leader's other writings; or yet to give a few brief minutes to the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly, and by so doing feel he has contributed his share to the preservation of his own well-being and the growth of the Cause.
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An editorial in a recent issue of the Recorder, commenting on the article reprinted in that issue from the Christian Science Sentinel, indicated reluctance to accept the Christian Science viewpoint that the works of Christ Jesus were accomplished wholly through spiritual means.
"Churchgoer," in your recent issue, questions a passage appearing in The Christian Science Journal of March, 1926, in an article entitled "The Burden of Proof," which he quotes as follows: "The appearance of any form of mental or physical disease, whether the individual knows it or not, is unmistakable proof of the supposititious presence in human consciousness of some antecedent misconception, the only permanent remedy for which is the truth.
Your contributor, writing under the healing, "The Potter and the Clay," quotes, in a recent issue of your paper, from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, but refrains from mentioning the name of the book, as he says, "for fear of hurting the tender sensibilities" of those who have adopted its interpretation of the Bible as a guide in their daily lives.
I shall not endeavor here to answer the question of a clergyman in the report of his sermon published in your recent issue, "Why is it that nearly all of the churches hardly have a handful on Sunday morning?
The explanations offered from a psychological viewpoint by a doctor in response to the Oregonian's recent editorial "Mistaken for a Deer," misses the mark in so far as applying to Christian Science.
The Biblical statement, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good," makes it quite clear that God has not made or provided, nor is He conscious of, such a place as hell.
MORTALS
live in a state of uncertainty as to whether God's help is available or not; indeed, they often appear to be in doubt about His very existence.
THERE
is many a point of view from which the confession of sins may be considered.
Article
The Publishing Society wishes to call the attention of Christian Scientists to the publications available in the Braille system of type for use of the blind.
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.
Coming to the United States as a young girl, with very little knowledge of the English language, I became sensitive and self-conscious, and for many years it was very hard for me to speak to or before strangers.
When I was eleven years old I suffered from curvature of the spine, the result of a bad fall.
Nineteen years ago the truth was presented to me by one of Mrs.
Like a number of other seekers for the truth I came into Christian Science only after investigating various other systems.
A few years ago Christian Science was brought to my attention.
All my life, from childhood, I have wanted to understand about God and man.
Over fifteen years ago Christian Science found me in the condition stated on <a class="tome-reference"
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