January 26, 1929
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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.
A Little
butterfly was hovering over some geraniums in a garden.
Beneath
the shade of a spreading garden tree lived a fragile plant.
Christian Science teaches, as did Christ Jesus, that life is eternal.
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.
In your columns there appeared recently the report of a lecture by the principal of the Edinburgh School of Natural Therapeutics.
A London dispatch, published in your recent issue under the heading "Christian Scientists will Cooperate with Doctors in England," has misinformed your readers.
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.
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.
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.
Because
of aggressive propaganda, apparently circulated to discredit Mrs.
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.
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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:
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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.
I am indeed very grateful for Christian Science healing.
It was my misfortune to become a victim to many diseases which made me practically an invalid for many years.
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.
Christian Science found me seeking material gain, and very indifferent toward religion.
I wish to express my deep gratitude for the many blessings that have come to me as the result of the study of Christian Science.
Christian Science is not a faith cure, in the commonly accepted sense of the term, as some people think it is.
Christian Science has given me an understanding of the Bible, and I am learning how I may praise the Lord in thought and deed.
I was ill and under medical care for six years.
It is with deep gratitude I write this testimony of the healing power of divine Love.
I wish to express through the periodicals my gratitude for Christian Science.
Upward
, ever upward,To the heights above,Where the sun is shining,Telling God is Love.
