August 25, 1928
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On
page 22 of "Pulpit and Press," in an article full of wisdom and loving appeal, our Leader, Mrs.
In
recalling the experience of our Master, just prior to his betrayal and crucifixion, as recorded in the Gospel of Luke, we are reminded that upon his complete surrender of self, expressed in the prayer, "Not my will, but thine, be done," "there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
In
the thirty-seventh psalm we find a conditional promise the importance of which is perhaps not always realized by students of Christian Science: "Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
It
is a trite saying that men are creatures of habit, easily adopting modes that meet their needs.
Much
is heard in the educational world of to-day about intelligence quotients, or, in other words, the measuring of intelligence.
The
student's constant recognition of the spiritual fact that man lives, moves, and has his being in God, Spirit, in the atmosphere of infinite, omnipotent Love, divine Mind, leads to harmonious activity.
In a communication purporting to enlighten your readers on the subject of "freak cults," printed in your recent issue, a contributor ventured so far into the mazes of fiction that his observations failed to convince and revealed that apparently his search for information had carried him to most unreliable sources.
Some time ago there appeared in your paper an article, called "Out of Boston," containing several positive misrepresentations of Christian Science, for the correction of which I request space in your columns.
Judging from a recent article in the above-named magazine, we are led to conclude that Education, with or without the capital "E," is considered by some to be "no shield against credulity.
Among some church notes recently published in your paper the following statement appears: "Christianity is not a religion, neither is it pious sentiments as expressed in Christian Science—and the many false fads that rest in nothing but the imagination of the mind.
[From a Report of the Christian Science Prison Committee for the State of New York]
Paul
was firm in his declaration that all who had received the spiritual vision, all who had gained some understanding of the deep significance and practicality of Jesus' life and works, should cease from sinning and give themselves wholly to divine service.
Consecration
to God implies so much of self-abnegation as well as so much of heavenly beauty, that few have more than touched the hem of its garment.
During the vacation season many subscribers wish the periodicals sent to their summer addresses.
Applications for admission to membership in The Mother Church may be sent to the Clerk at any time throughout the year.
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.
Sixteen years ago I was a critic of Christian Science.
Words are inadequate to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
For seventeen years, like the woman we read of in the Bible who touched our Lord's garment, I was troubled with a very ugly symptom, which seemed to alarm each new doctor I visited, and none of them.
I was a very miserable woman about twelve years ago.
I wish to thank God for a healing I experienced recently.
In a hotel in a small town in a middle-western state, refuge had been sought from a blizzard which had prevailed many days in the winter of 1917-1918.
Some twenty-three years ago I underwent two surgical operations for an internal trouble of many years' standing.
My father and many other physicians said there was nothing in materia medica that could heal me of an incurable disease which I had since a small child.
With a heart filled with gratitude for Christian Science I give this testimony of my healing.
[From the North Carolina Christian Advocate, reprinted in the Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina]
