April 21, 1928
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Many
and varied are the stones requisite for the building of a Christian Science church, the white stones of purity, the strong stones of obedience, the radiant stones of gratitude, and the unyielding stones of scientific demonstration being among the chief of those required.
In the chapter "Recapitulation" in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures".
Each
individual Christian Scientist assumes sacred obligations when he becomes a member of the Christian Science church.
From
earliest Bible times, all down the ages, poor suffering humanity has been prone to accept it as fact that good and evil are equally real in power and presence.
First came the hungriness:The costly foods and wines which had been his,So long as he had wherewithal to pay,Were now denied him; and the tasteless husks,Left by the swine which he was set to tend,He dared not take to still the hunger-pang.
An item by an editorial writer in your issue of recent date is especially interesting to students of Christian Science, in that he reports a group of doctors, gathered recently at Washington, as deciding that "mind affects matter, and produces ills in the body.
There are many hostile writings and false reports in circulation about the religious teaching of Christian Science.
In reply to a critic's comments on a Christian Science lecture, I would say that the seven hundred people who listened with rapt attention for an hour and a quarter to its wonderful message to mankind, did not go to hear of failures.
In a recent issue of your paper a letter was published entitled, "Mr.
In reply to a writer in a recent issue let me say that I prefer Mrs.
My attention has been called to the fact that some persons have felt inclined to make unkind remarks about those who are Christian Scientists, to the effect that they are not inclined to obey the regulations which the city authorities have established at this time.
I never
smelt the woods so sweet,I never saw the birds so fleet,Until I stooped and washed the feetOf a weary brother of mine.
The
prophet Isaiah was possessed of a profound assurance that God is a God at hand and not afar off, and that full-hearted trust in Him is rewarded with many blessings, including divine protection.
"To
those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.
How often have men contemplated the healings reported in the New Testament, and wondered how the Master and the disciples brought them about! The healings they have not doubted; but how were they performed?
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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.
Soon after I began the study of Christian Science I was healed of sleeplessness which had been chronic, of neuralgia and terrible pains in the head from which I had suffered since childhood.
A number of years ago one of our lecturers said, "If we are afraid to try Christian Science on our health, let us try it on our disposition.
It is with a heart full of gratitude that I wish to mention some healings brought about by Christian Science.
No one has greater cause than I have for gratitude for benefits received from Christian Science.
As I have been helped so much by the testimonies of others, I feel I should like to express my gratitude by contributing one of my own.
If it were not for Christian Science, I should not be here to-day; and I should feel unworthy of the name Christian Scientist if I did not give this testimony.
I am so grateful for all that Christian Science has done for me that I feel I must try to express a little of it.
I have experienced so much good by reading the testimonies of healing in our periodicals that I feel impelled to relate an experience I had last spring.
Christian Science is the most wonderful thing that ever came into my life.
For many years I was subject to extreme nervous disturbances and periods of depression and melancholia.
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Announcement is made of a revision in the prices of the morocco bound small pocket editions of Mrs.
