Prior
to learning the truth as taught in Christian Science, the question of healing the sick as our Master did, through spiritual means alone, had been a perplexing problem to many; so much so, in fact, that some had seemingly drifted on to the shoals of skepticism, even to the extent of doubting whether the marvelous works of healing so often chronicled in the Gospels ever really occurred.
The
opening lines of the Preface to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy read, "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.
Charles W. J. Tennant, District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
In your recent issue there appears a letter signed "Onlooker," in which Christian Science is classified as "neither Christianity nor Science, but just sheer downright nonsense.
J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
An editorial in a recen issue of the Arrow concerning deflation of farm lands said: "Another dose of psychological ointment is to be applied to the body politic; we are to try the Christian Science remedy or the Coué method.
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
Your editorial in a recent issue of the News, "Extreme Measures Justified," comments upon reports that "come drifting in that illness prevails among children of certain homes to which a physician is never called," and I observe you express the suspicion that "some are cases of malignant diseases which the law says shall be reported to the health department.
How common has been the belief that sickness has oftentimes been sent by God! People whose lives have been honorable, moral, wholesome, have believed that fallacy; and their doing so has tended to make disease more real to them, more a part of their earthly experience, and more difficult to heal.
Moses
comforted the children of Israel in words that have been rich in blessing to God's people through all the centuries, when he declared, "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
with contributions from Claudia E. Ross, Robert Henry Swindells, Thorbjorn Johnson, Olive J. Milliken, Ethel Burns, Ruth M. Vogel, Mary McLean Halsey, Charles R. Kenning, Carl W. Tuerke, Eugenie de Schneeuhr
Testimonies of healings brought about at authorized lectures on Christian Science will be published in The Christian Science Journal or the Christian Science Sentinel, when verified as are other testimonies appearing in the periodicals.
We delight to tell of instantaneous healings and speak frequently of benefits received from a few treatments, but of the slow healing—the one that required months or even years of patient endeavor—there is a noticeable reluctance to speak, even a desire to withhold the testimony altogether.
When I first came into contact with Christian Science, I was not in search of physical healing, but was very far from satisfied with my outlook on life.
As I look back over the past eighteen years, during which time I have been studying Christian Science, my heart is filled with gratitude for my first healing.
Soon after I came into Christian Science I was instantaneously healed of rheumatism, which had periodically attacked one of my knees, causing me to become lame for weeks.
As gently as the pearly light of dawnGleams forth and, silent, with nor pomp nor might,Displaces night's dark cloak which lies o'er all,Until the light of day bursts on our sight;
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with contributions from Claudia E. Ross, Robert Henry Swindells, Thorbjorn Johnson, Olive J. Milliken, Ethel Burns, Ruth M. Vogel, Mary McLean Halsey, Charles R. Kenning, Carl W. Tuerke, Eugenie de Schneeuhr