In
the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," under the marginal heading "Our angelic messengers," Mary Baker Eddy writes.
To
heal the sick and destroy error in the way shown by Christ Jesus and scientifically established by Christian Science, certain qualifications are necessary on the part of the practitioner or student.
In
the reign of King Hezekiah, when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, was planning an attack upon Jerusalem, Hezekiah assembled his people and discussed the situation with them, reminding them that spiritual power is always superior to a material claim of power.
In
studying the eighth and ninth chapters of Matthew, one is impressed with the quality of thought expressed by those who came to Jesus for healing, namely, evident expectancy, the result of some measure of faith in God's goodness, which they glimpsed through the transparency of Jesus' purity.
On
the quotation page at the beginning of the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, is the well-known saying of our Master, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Miss Helena de Graaf, Committee on Publication for Java,
A Christian Scientist does not differ from any other scientific person where the correction of wrong beliefs ignorantly voiced about the special science of which he makes a study, is concerned.
Hugh Stuart Campbell, Committee on Publication for the State of Illinois,
A London dispatch, published in your recent issue under the heading "Christian Scientists will Cooperate with Doctors in England," has misinformed your readers.
George W. Martin, Committee on Publication for Victoria, Australia,
The article "Christian Science Fails Again" so misinterprets the great truth underlying Christian Science that I would request space to clear away the false impression it is likely to leave with your readers.
J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
Editorial comment accompanying an article printed in a recent issue of the Herald contained the statement that "Christian Scientists practice mental suggestion to combat sickness, pain, and disease along with prayer and faith in divine healing.
Richard H. Smith, Committee on Publication for the State of Montana,
The author of a news dispatch published in your paper recently gives incorrect information when he says that because of the considerable number of deaths among Christian Scientists, the "leaders" of the movement in England have approved a policy of calling a doctor instead of relying exclusively on "mind discipline.
The
voice of Truth was heard of oldBy Moses at the burning bush:Now turn aside from Egypt's goldAnd desert dearth, from human urgeFrom weariness of human urge.
How
to be rid of evil in its manifold phases is a problem to which mankind has given age-long attention; for belief in evil as a reality is the foundation of all the woes which seem so greatly to harass mortals.
To meet complaints from individual subscribers that their Quarterlies are received so far in advance of the date of use that they often become mislaid and consequently have to be duplicated, a new mailing schedule has been worked out, effective with the April, 1929, issue, whereby Quarterlies will be mailed as follows:
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.
It is with great joy and gratitude that I take this opportunity of testifying to the many benefits I have received through the study of Christian Science.
So many wonderful and beautiful proofs of healing through Christian Science have come to my home and into my life since my first healing, twenty-three years ago, that I sometimes stand in awe before them all.
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