From
the time our great Master uttered those wonderful words to his disciples, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," there has been before the world a promise unequaled in its appeal to all hearts.
What
a wonderful picture of tenderness is presented by Isaiah in the following verse: "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young"! It would be difficult to convey with words a more beautiful sense of our Father-Mother's tender care for all His little ones.
We
have the Scriptural command, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you," and the blessed promise, "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
When
the Apostle Paul proclaimed to the Athenians the true God, he said that He is "not far from every one of us: for in him we live, and move, and have our being.
Lovingly
the chamber on the wall Was builded for the holy man of God, That he might rest and there refresh himself For ministry that crowded every day.
Kellogg Patton, Committee on Publication for the State of Wisconsin,
While Christian Science and mental healing were discussed in a friendly, kindly way in the installment of the novel, "Sing Sing Nights," which appeared in your paper of February 17, I believe your readers would get the impression that Christian Science and mental healing are similar.
Orwell Bradley Towne, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
In response to your very generous offer of space for a reply to the article appearing in the July issue of the American Labor World, I am glad to write briefly.
Henry Dickinson, Committee on Publication for Durham, England,
I thank you for your courtesy in publishing my letter refuting a writer's statement that Christian Scientists are "enemies of the cross of Christ" and also this writer for his letter explaining his reasons for making the statement.
William K. Kitchen, Committee on Publication for the State of New Jersey,
In your issue of January 21, under the heading, "Hears God in Hotel Room, Evangelist Hains Declares," the writer, in his review of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, states that "all of us belong to Adam's sinful race," and that man "clothes himself in his self-righteousness—in Christian Science, new-thought, psychology, or what not.
In
Matthew's Gospel it is said that "great multitudes followed him [Jesus], and he healed them all;" and it is also recounted therein that "when he [the Master] had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
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.
Over eighteen years ago, after losing our young son, and after I had undergone several minor operations and a major one was looming up, I was led, after much contempt for Christian Science, to say to my husband that if I had that book by Mrs.
Not being able to admit that God would permit evil, and on the other hand not being willing to believe in a God of limited power, I was without hope and without a guide in the world when, in the spring of 1917, I found on the officers' table, where I was taking a meal, a pamphlet entitled, "Christian Science, its Principle and Method.
Father,
I would serve Thee;What wouldst Thou have of me upon this quiet hill,Where valorous deeds are known as echoes onlyBrought by the winds that voyage where they will?
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