The Mother Church
, known officially as The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, is founded upon Mary Baker Eddy's discovery of the spiritual nature of all true being, is erected upon the understanding and demonstration of this truth, and is maintained by the spiritual activity of all who unqualifiedly accept her as the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science and the Leader of the Christian Science movement.
The
name "Christian Science" is so closely associated with the healing of disease that one is apt to center one's thought upon this activity, and lose the broader vision which Mrs.
Under
God's instruction Moses ordered the appointing of cities, called "cities of refuge," where one who had committed an act which was punishable under Moses' law of "eye for eye, tooth for tooth," might flee and find protection until he had the opportunity of pleading his cause.
When
searching the Scriptures with a desire to gain a better understanding of the way in which the true nature of God and His Christ has been unfolded to humanity, we cannot fail to note how slow the world has been to accept and to assimilate the truth.
Frank J. Linsley, Committee on Publication for the State of Connecticut,
In a report of an address published in your paper, delivered before the Forum of the Second Congregational Church, a former dean of Yale Divinity School again repeats some of his unfair and misleading criticisms of Christian Science.
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
In an article in your issue of June 1, a certain pastor criticizes those who heal the sick and charge for their services, quoting Jesus' statement, "Freely ye have received, freely give.
Arthur E. Blainey, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario,
In the issue of November 29, in your report of a meeting in All Saints Anglican Church, you attribute to the archbishop certain references to Christian Science which require correction.
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.
I wish to express my thanks for a demonstration of the power of Christian Science to heal double pneumonia and pleurisy, accompanied by hemorrhage of the nose and deafness.
I wish to send my testimony of healing hoping it may meet the need of some sufferer, and also with gratitude to divine Love for release from the bondage of great suffering.
"Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name," is the happy song of my heart whenever I remember the blessings Christian Science has brought into my life.
As
I lingered for a moment by the door,And overheard the baby's prayerWhispered to imploreOur Father's blessing, all the airSeemed filled with fragrance—just as thoughA bud had soft unfolded thereOn some rare stem which only angels know.
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