Since
both health and disease are usually regarded as physical, mortals have ignorantly believed that health is preserved by strict obedience to certain so-called material laws, and that disease, which is supposed to result from failure to observe these laws, can be destroyed only through material treatment.
The
enlightening process of knowing one's true self, the child of God, is a vital need in spiritual growth, and is the direct result of knowing God as the creator of all that is real and eternal.
In
Ezekiel we read, "Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Charles W. Tennant, District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
In again replying to "Veritas," let me quote the words of Paul: "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
A contributor to your columns, referring to Christian Science in an article printed in the February 9 issue of the Iowegian and Citizen, said that he had read all of Mrs.
Edgar McLeod, Committee on Publication for Northern California,
In your issue of January 22 you quote some interesting statements of a writer who undertakes to explain certain effects, both good and evil, resulting from various forms of superstition and mental manipulation.
Walter A. Falk, Secretary to Committee on Publication of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts,
In a letter published in the Worcester Post of March 12, a professor made several unjust statements implying that it is dangerous to depend on the practice and religion of Christian Science.
The sun may sink into the glowing west,And twilight deepen into darkest night,And earthly joys and all we thought the bestMay pass us by and quickly fade from sight;
Were
one to search the pages of the Old Testament, he would find no more definite and appealing statements of the demands of true worship than appears in the words of the prophet Micah.
Christian Science
presents the quality of humility as conducive to dominion over evil, never subjection to it, for one who is truly humble seeks to prove the omnipotence of God, good, at all times; seeks, through the recognition that there is but one Mind, to bring "into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
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.
Elmer E. Van Wie
with contributions from Lena B. Van Wie
I was on a business trip, about five hundred miles from home, and was quite concerned about my wife who, the doctors had said, would have to undergo an operation.
Over five years ago I took up the study of Christian Science, and about three and a half years ago I had a very serious illness, which lasted many months.
Love
leads!And with faltering, burdened steps,And slow,I follow on to knowAn ever brightening wayThat points to God's unburdened day;BecauseLove leads.
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