Of
the many inspiring examples to be found in the life of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, none could be more inspiring than the one revealed in the following lines from "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany".
It
is recorded in the eighth chapter of Luke's Gospel that as Jesus was going to the home of Jairus, whose daughter he afterwards raised from the dead, he was pressed upon and surrounded by a multitude of people.
When
shadows fell across CapernaumAnd peace lay gently on the fragrant air,Came one who knew the time of rest was nearAnd sat him down for meat in Simon's house,Where, as he slowly supped, there fell a stirOf wonder, and a pause.
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
Christian Science is not an invention, but a discovery of the spiritual laws underlying the healing method and the teachings of Christ Jesus, a discovery that was made by Mary Baker Eddy because of her character, her integrity, and her inspired understanding of the Bible.
M. S. Temple Hill, Committee on Publication for the Province of Quebec,
For the sake of your readers, and in justice to Christian Science, I should like to correct the very mistaken and misleading views poured forth by "One who loves the Witness.
Ralph G. Lindstrom, Committee on Publication for the State of Colorado
In "Neighborhood News" in your recent issue, the statement was made that as soon as a soloist at a funeral service commenced to sing, pain with which a named individual suffered, disappeared, followed by the assertion, "This is Christian Science.
Mrs. Maxine E. Clemons, Committee on Publication for the State of Arkansas,
With reference to the letter published in your recent issue, please permit me to inform your readers that the writer of it and the persons he represents are in no way affiliated with the followers of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, nor with the church which she established.
Francis Lyster Jandron, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
In an article in your recent issue of the News, a Congregational clergyman's views on the prominent part taken by women in religious affairs are set forth at considerable length.
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.
When told by a recognized medical authority that I could expect no help from medicine and must be prepared to pass on any day, I turned to Christian Science as a last resort.
In the autumn of 1923 I was taken ill with a very severe attack of neuritis in the hip and knee, rendering the latter entirely stiff, making walking or the maintaining of an upright position impossible; and the pain and discomfort were so acute that any movement caused intense suffering.
Early in January, 1922, while in the performance of my duty as sergeant of police, I stepped on an icy steel rail, falling heavily and injuring my leg, just below the knee, to such an extent that further patrol duty had to be completely abandoned.
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