October 5, 1929
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"Where
two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them," said Christ Jesus.
It
may have been hard for Elijah to say to the widow who was gathering sticks for a fire to prepare what, in that time of sore famine, she believed to be her household's last scanty ration of meal, "Make me thereof a little cake first.
It
has been the writer's happy privilege to be engaged in Christian Science Reading Room work for considerable periods, in connection with two branch churches in widely separated areas.
The
two words "sympathy" and "compassion" are somewhat akin in meaning, but close analysis brings out an important difference in their connotation.
That
Christian Science is entirely logical no thoughtful student can deny; but however much we may recognize and appreciate the logic of Christian Science, we learn, when confronted with some serious human problem, that something more than mere logic is required to effect a solution.
The Rand Daily Mail reports that the president of the Wesleyan Conference at Queenstown has stated that "Christian Science eliminates the lordship of Jesus and turns religion into a supreme effort to capture health.
Doctrinal controversy will not be found as any part of the Christian ministry taught by Jesus to his disciples.
According to a report which appeared in your paper some time ago, in a lecture on "Conscious or unconscious state in death," a statement about Christian Science was put forth which was wholly incorrect.
Part of a writer's remarks in your issue of January 12 appears to say or imply that religion and faith will not cure you "if there is anything really the matter with you.
The courtesy of space in your columns is respectfully requested to reply to a writer's criticism of Christian Science in your last issue.
The
linking together of the words "science" and "art," which so commonly occurs in secular literature, has its analogy in the study and practice of Christian Science.
A great
responsibility rests upon the members of the Church of Christ, Scientist.
Nobody
will gainsay that there is room for improvement in everyone, though they may differ in their opinion as to what constitutes development and how to attain it.
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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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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.
I am indeed grateful for all that Christian Science has meant to me in the twelve years I have endeavored to follow its teachings.
In the last nine years Christian Science has resurrected me from many false beliefs and raised me from a state of helplessness to a life of activity.
I shall always be truly grateful to the friend who told me of Christian Science and persuaded me to borrow the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
I did not come to Christian Science for physical healing, but because it appealed to me as being a true religion.
I feel deep gratitude to God for giving us Christian Science, through Mrs.
I should like to tell of a healing of inflammation of the heart, following influenza, which I experienced eight years ago.
While my son was playing on his school football team one fall he met with a very serious accident, being hit on the top of the head so severely that he was unable to continue the game or even to rise.
An editorial in the Christian Science Sentinel reminded me of one of the benefits which I have received from Christian Science.
About twelve years ago Christian Science found me griefstricken and hopeless, but, as Mrs.
I first heard of Christian Science when about ten years old.
Christian Science found me when a young girl.
