In
seeking a position, the first thing for one to try to realize is that God's idea, man, is always in his right place, and that it is only false, material sense-evidence that suggests anything to the contrary.
Help
me, O Lord, the humble tasks to do;Give me to serve Thee with my thought each day,So joyously that as I bake or sweep,My light may shine to those along the way.
Mrs. Mary Blanch Jones, Committee on Publication for Gloucestershire, England,
In a recent article entitled "The Crisis in the Church," the writer deplores what he thinks to be the fact that when anyone "joins the Christian Scientists he is turning his back upon the Incarnation and upon Christianity.
Orwell Bradley Towne, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
Word has reached me that a short time ago a clergyman of Rochester, New York, made certain remarks in one of his sermons published in your columns, to indicate that Christian Scientists deify Mrs.
Cecil Barnes, Committee on Publication for Natal, South Africa,
At the risk of appearing to avoid the issue, it is felt that to reply categorically to the various statements in your January number would be futile, as the article on Christian Science reveals a palpable ignorance of the divine Principle and practice of Christian Science, which destroys both so-called functional and organic diseases.
Francis Lyster Jandron, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
In your issue of March 29 there was a lengthy report of an address by a doctor, in which this spokesman for the American Medical Association denounced Christian Science.
In
his epistle to the Philippians, Paul draws a sharp contrast between the materially-minded—those absorbed in the gratification of the physical senses—and those who, like himself, were striving to rise out of the bondage of matter into the realm of Spirit, where Christ Jesus had shown the way.
Christian Nielsen
with contributions from Christine Nielsen
Words could never express my gratitude for what I have gained through the wonderful sacrifices of Mary Baker Eddy, and that dear student of her wonderful sacrifices who came to me in the hardest hour of my life.
It would be difficult to express in words the gratitude I feel for having been led, on the first day of January, 1914, to make what proved to be the best New Year resolution I had ever made, namely, to read each day of the year some portion of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
Our family has proved many times that the study of Christian Science reveals the truth of which Jesus said, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Sophia Julia McDonald
with contributions from W. L. Watkinson
I have long felt the desire to testify to the many blessings I have received in Christian Science, for I should acknowledge them them and give thanks to God.
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