April 27, 1929
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Consciousness
is that which enables one to say with conviction: I am; I exist.
The
secret spring of love and compassion which Christ Jesus, the master Christian, manifested during his life-work, was based upon his scientific statement, "I and my Father are one.
Many
who are earnestly seeking the way of the Christ, Truth, often become discouraged because it seems to them that their progress is slow.
In
its revelation of the truths of being, Christian Science begins with the fundamental proposition that God, divine Principle, is the origin or source of all that exists.
In
an age of oppression, when every strategy of the Philistines was brought to bear upon the rival army of the Israelites in order to cause their downfall, the victory which David, the shepherd boy, won over the Philistine army through his single-handed encounter with Goliath, as chronicled in the seventeenth chapter of I Samuel, stands out with unique design.
Service
may not always signify love, but love invariably is expressed in service, in the giving of ourselves, our substance, our time to the beloved.
The
flying swallow spreads his wingsAnd spurns the earth, as skyward bentAnd on some certain mission sent,Soars unconfined by lower things.
A writer states that Christian Science "cuts right across the Word of God;" and in support of this assertion he advances several misstatements of its teaching.
Over fifty years ago Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, wrote in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures".
In the symposium on "How to Build a Successful Practice," appearing in your recent issue, a doctor, giving a reason for the rapid growth of Christian Science, says it is "because they [its adherents] have begun to realize more and more all the time that they are able to overcome a great many of their ills by maintaining a proper psychological attitude towards any bodily ailments that they may have.
I would appreciate space to correct a wrong impression given in the article, "Norman Peasant Discovers Method to Improve Crops," which appeared in your recent issue.
In a recent issue of the Oklahoma News there was published a letter from one of your readers in which he severely criticized Christian Science and made many statements not based upon facts.
In a sermon quoted in a recent issue of your paper, an evangelist infers that Christian Science is a competitive religion to the Christian religion, and intimates that Christian Scientists place Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, on an equality with Christ Jesus.
Mortals
are prone to regard the possession of permanent good as a future possibility rather than as a present actuality.
When
Paul wrote, "To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace," he indicated both the cause of all human misery and its cure.
The
account in the Acts of the Apostles of the shipwreck, when Paul and all the prisoners came safely to land, contains a message for everyone.
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To meet the need of Christian Science churches and societies in Dutch-speaking countries, the words of the two hundred and forty-one hymns in the Christian Science Hymnal have been translated into Dutch and published in a separate booklet for use with the regular English Hymnal.
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Churches and Societies in the United States and in the Dominion of Canada which wish to give lectures during the first two months of the next lecture year, namely, July and August, are requested to inform the Board of Lectureship before June 1.
Christian Science first came into my life when I was a young girl and when it was looked upon by the majority of people as a dangerous new religion.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I send this testimony of healing.
Joyful gratitude constantly ascends to God since I have proved His tender protection in the following circumstances.
I have longed to express my thanks and gratitude for Christian Science.
Christian Science has been my only physician for over nine years.
"Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need.
Eighteen years ago I testified in the Christian Science Sentinel to the healing power of Truth.
I have been attending the Christian Science Sunday School in Munich for about a year and a half.
Twenty-two years and a half ago I was a hopeless invalid.
I write this testimony with the sincere desire that it may help some mother who may be inquiring into Christian Science.
Now closer to the Christ divinely driven,More patience as the constant race is run,A sin destroyed, a cherished wrong forgiven—The way to heaven, harmony, begun!
[President Hoover, in his inaugural address, as quoted in the Boston Post, Massachusetts]
