Everyone
desires to realize dominion over limitation, fear, and doubt; and this attainment is universally possible through obedience to Christian Science.
"The
dream that matter and error are something must yield to reason and revelation," says the Leader of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy, in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures".
An
arrow that misses its mark is harmless; but how often we, having been mentally wounded, have carried with us a mental arrow, perhaps for days, weeks, or even months!
Through
the Science of Christianity an awakening world is finding the essential verity that "now are we the sons of God," and that we live, move, and have our true being in the realm of Spirit.
How
much can be accomplished in the daily round if we but understand something of the adjustment which takes place in human affairs through thinking as God causes His children to think—by bringing the inspiration gained on the hilltops of Zion into our attitude towards our fellow men! In our intercourse with one another, how can we help and uplift, how break down the walls of separation erected by false education by the idiosyncrasies of so-called mortal mind, by difficult temperaments, stubborn willfulness, jealousy, and selfishness, so often seeming to reign within?
O God,
I thank Thee for the meadow brownsAnd for the yellow hay,For bird and bee and bluey dragon flyAbout my path to-dayI thank Thee greatly for the hazelnutsThat hang in the high hedge,And for the berry blossoming so rareAlong the water's edge.
John Murray Burriss, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,
My attention has been called to part of a sermon published in your esteemed paper of November 25, in which a pastor says a Christian Scientist he once knew "never spoke of salvation.
Charles W. J. Tennant, District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
In reply to a clergyman whose address appears in your issue of November 26, let me say that it consists of many denials which I will take Seriatim and explain.
Dr. David A. Giel, Committee on Publication for Holland,
In a talk on the religious persecutions in Russia, as reported in De Gooi-en Eemlander of April 4, I read the following passage: "Here the speaker pointed out the contrast between conscious Christendom and the conscious anti-Christendom which one observes to-day, especially among the new generation.
J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
When expressing his opinion as to probable reasons for the growth of the Christian Science organization a clergy-man, who was quoted in the January 18 issue of the Record, gave as one reason the fact that "Christian Science has in its teachings some valuable truth.
Philip H. Simpson, Committee on Publication for Cape Province, South Africa,
I am in a position to state authoritatively that the Christian Science movement during the past few years has made enormous growth all over the world, and that it has never been in such a flourishing position as it is to-day.
Every
normal human being desires to be divinely wise, to preserve harmony in his character, experience, home, and career; and he lovingly desires this harmony for all individuals and nations, for divine Love and wisdom are eternally allied.
To insure that complete lecture notices be printed in the Sentinel, detailed information should reach the Editorial Department regarding lectures in the United States and Canada, at least four weeks before the date of the lecture; in Great Britain and Ireland, at least five weeks before; in other European countries, at least eight weeks before.
I feel that the joy, peace, and confidence which have come into my life since my introduction to Christian Science have been so complete than I cannot go on and not express my heartfelt gratitude for them.
At a time of great disappointment, a gleam of hope came to me through reading the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
In deep gratitude for the change which Christian Science has wrought in my life I am writing this testimony, in the hope that it will bless others, especially mothers.
When I was a very small lad my mother became an earnest student of Christian Science, and for many years I had the privilege of attending the Sunday school of a branch church.
With heartfelt gratitude and a desire to help someone who may need this comforting assurance, I bear witness to the healing of mucous colitis through Christian Science treatment.
With a deep sense of gratitude for such wonderful blessings as have come to me through reading the testimonies found in The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel, I wish to submit my own testimony.
A young man attending a Sunday morning service in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, made this remark: "I wonder what so many men find in that service!" This incident recalled many blessings, and particularly a healing I received several years ago.
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