That
the incident in the life of Christ Jesus, wherein he fed the multitude with the few loaves and fishes, made a profound impression upon those who witnessed it is proved by the fact that it is the only one of the Master's miracles which is recorded by all four of the gospel writers.
When
we have friends who are kind and helpful to us in divers ways, we feel we must do something for them in return; and we usually find ways and means to express our gratitude.
Dim, distant vision, gray and indistinct,Hidden as yet in the dense mortal haze,Beckons our faith that knows before it seesThe dawn of happiness, of God's bright days.
Conrad Bernhard, Jr., Committee on Publication for the State of Maryland,
Permit me to thank you for your appeal for more of brotherly love in racial and religious intercourse, as well as for the desire expressed for a better understanding and more of religious tolerance among men, contained in an editorial in the Jewish Times entitled, "Let Us Understand Each Other.
Miss Helena C. de Graaf, Committee on Publication for Java, Dutch East Indies,
With reference to the lecture headed, "Has the Serpent Talked," delivered by an officer of the Salvation Army and printed in a recent issue of your paper, in which the said speaker has attempted to unite Christian Science with spiritism, theosophy, and such like, classifying these teachings together as "all kinds of nonsense of paganism," I beg to request you kindly to allow me some space in your paper in order to correct the wrong opinions which seem to exist about Christian Science.
Thomas A. Wyles, Committee on Publication for South Australia,
An article in the News by a clergyman contains the following statement: "In Christian Science we have, for instance, the same principle of the power of mind over matter which enabled the primitive witch doctor to cause the death of a man by pointing a bone at him.
Israel Pickens, Committee on Publication for the State of Alabama,
In a clergyman's syndicated articles which appear daily in your columns, it seems that he repeats very frequently the same question from some "enquirer" asking his views concerning Christian Science.
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
The Christian Science Monitor was established by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, who declared its object to be "to injure no man, but to bless all mankind".
The
reward which James foresaw for those who resist temptation was both sure and incomparably precious: "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
"In
patient obedience to a patient God, let us labor to dissolve with the universal solvent of Love the adamant of error,—self-will, self-justification, and self-love,—which wars against spirituality and is the law of sin and death.
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 found me, about twenty years ago, my church no longer gave me any comfort, and life seemed a weary round with no prospect of health or brightness.
When one can be lifted from an overwhelming sense of burden, physical and mental, right in the midst of such seeming stress that there is neither time nor human inclination to sit down and study, one's heart goes out in humble and profound gratitude to all who have helped to make this demonstration possible.
My first healing in Christian Science was slow, for which I am very grateful, because while I studied to be free from pain I learned in a degree to be free from material sense.
Emily Gage Cumming
with contributions from James Baldwin Brown
When Christian Science was presented to me I was a complete wreck, having suffered for three years from a growth in my right side and many other ailments which were supposed to be the result of this growth.
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