November 16, 1929
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Scripture portrays the allness of spiritual power and the nothingness of its counterfeit, the belief in an evil power.
THROUGHOUT
past centuries, patient and loving followers of Truth have accounted it a privilege to serve God amid whatever trials and persecutions have seemed to come to them, earnestly seeking divine guidance, willingly paying what might be required of them for the sake of good, and sometimes forfeiting even what seemed to be life itself for the cause of righteousness.
God
is all power, a tower of strengthTo him who doth His presence feel;'Tis He alone, and none beside,Can sin destroy and sickness heal.
A letter quoted in an article entitled "Churches and Sincerity," in the issue of your paper of August 10, refers to "pulpits that go so far as to proclaim that there is no sin, no suffering, and no evil in the world.
In reply to the letter in to-day's issue from an archdeacon, I should like to say that I have the utmost sympathy with what I believe to be the archdeacon's kind, religious surveillance.
Your issue of June 8 contained a letter from a clergyman taking issue with some of the remarks made in my letter of June 1, correcting misleading statements made about Christian Science in a report of one of his recent sermons.
A writer in your issue of April 18 indulges himself in a rather bitter attack on Christian Science.
Love
more!The gentle words came clearly to my earFrom one who long had worked, and earnestly,To free me from the thrall of error's chains:The letter you have gained abundantly,The one thing that is needed is to love.
While
Jesus may not have been the first to conceive of God as Father, it is certain that he was more conscious of the fact of God's fatherhood than any who had preceded him.
The
redeeming, restoring ministry of Christ Jesus, his winsome character, all that he expressed, pointed to God, divine Love, as the one good-bestowing and all-enfolding spiritual cause.
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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.
Christian Science was first brought to my notice in January, 1920.
Religion meant very little to me about nine years ago, but since taking up the study of Christian Science I know that I could not live without this truth.
My father was a physician and medical laws, so called, were fully discussed and consequently firmly implanted in our thought, together with their attendant fears and superstitions.
I owe so much success and so many happy hours to Christian Science that I cannot refrain from giving my testimony.
I should like to express the love and gratitude I feel for all that Christian Science has done for me.
I have known of Christian Science for a number of years.
Since taking up the study of Christian Science I have had many beautiful demonstrations of God's healing power.
There are no words with which to express adequately my gratitude for Christian Science.
With a grateful heart I wish to give glory to God, and to relate a beautiful healing I experienced a few years ago.
When Christian Science came into my life, it was at a time when "man's extremity" was "God's opportunity.
Christian Science has supplied every need in our home for the past twelve years.
Over ten years ago I came to California for my health, after everything else had failed, and was under the care of a chiropractor for some time; however, I did not improve.
Truth
is my fortress and my strength,My comfort and my rod;In times of seeming doubt and fear,My refuge and my God.
