IN
the fifteenth psalm David describes a citizen of Zion, and enumerates some of the spiritual characteristics essential to this highest condition of citizenship.
"EVERY
individual character, like the individual John the Baptist, at some date must cry in the desert of earthly joy; and his voice be heard divinely and humanly.
Many
of us have read the Bible story of the impotent man lying by the pool of Bethesda, "waiting for the moving of the water," and have, no doubt, felt a yearning sympathy for his disappointed cry, "While I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
The
rapid growth of the Christian Science movement has brought us to an era of church building, and every earnest student is striving to learn something of the true method of carrying forward this great work.
From
time immemorial mankind has been seeking to obtain rest or release from the hard bondage which has been imposed upon it by mortal belief; and this is not surprising when we take into consideration that deep in every human heart is the craving for spiritual peace.
Throughout
the world, in every Sunday service in Christian Science churches, the following words of John, the beloved disciple, are read: "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.
Frank C. Ayres, Committee on Publication for the State of Indiana,
The alleged quotation from Mary Baker Eddy against which a clergyman argued in your issue of May 20, is not to be found in her published writings, and does not accord with her accustomed modes of speech.
H. Clay Parker, Committee on Publication for the State of Arizona,
In an editorial appearing in a recent issue of your paper you quote a doctor as referring to Christian Science and Couéism in a way that might lead some of your readers to believe that they are, in some respects, similar; but this is not the case.
John Murray Burriss, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,
Christian Science has been the subject of several articles appearing recently in issues of your paper, beginning with the issue of April 18, in which were printed some quotations under the caption, "To the Public.
God’s child goes on his journey with a song; He blends with hope and faith his pure desires,And knows he cannot hold a purpose wrong, Since Love, the All-in-all, his thought inspires.
The
blessed words of the Psalmist, "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways," have always brought to the spiritually-minded a sense of safety, guidance, and protection in times of danger.
In January of the new year The Herald of Christian Science containing an equal number of articles in the Danish, Norwegina, and Swedish languages, together with the English text will be published.
To insure that complete lecture notices be printed in the Sentinel, detailed information should reach the Editorial Department regarding lectures in the United States and Canada, at least four weeks before the date of the lecture; in Great Britain and Ireland, at least five weeks before; in other European countries, at least eight weeks before.
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After many years of suffering, although under the constant care of the best specialists and surgeons on the Pacific Coast, and with much hospital experience, involving operations, there came a time when a deep prejudice against what I thought Christian Science to be had to yield.
This
is my prayer, dear God, each day,That I may love and help all those who camemy way,And teach them that the pathway up to TheeIs one of glorious freedom—liberty.
with contributions from Stanley Baldwin, Charles T. Kornbrodt, Floyd Tomkins, Ichabod Oldfield, John Bevan, John MacInnis, J. V. Moldenhawer, Frank Howell
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with contributions from Stanley Baldwin, Charles T. Kornbrodt, Floyd Tomkins, Ichabod Oldfield, John Bevan, John MacInnis, J. V. Moldenhawer, Frank Howell