To
one who has been granted the privilege of membership in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, there comes the responsibility of upholding the ideals for which the Christian Science organization stands, as expressed in the Manual of The Mother Church and other works by our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.
In
studying the writings on Christian Science by our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, it is impossible for one not to be impressed by the frequency with which the word "joy" occurs in them, and also by its use in conjunction with the words "power" and "strength.
Frederick H. Astley-Woodward, Committee on Publication for Devonshire, England,
In your issue of June 12, in your column "Among the New Books," your correspondent states, "Christian Scientists may be pained to discover what great importance is attached to diet and hygiene.
Ralph W. Still, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
The report of a sermon on spiritual healing, contained in your issue of August 9, has just come to my attention; and I respectfully submit the following as of interest to your readers, and as bearing on some of the issues raised by the evangelist.
Whether
you sail a foam-swept, lifting sea,Or broad wings lift you out along the air,Or thought runs troubled through a long, dark night,Remember this—that God is everywhere:
In
so far as its citizens respect it, each nation's flag has a unifying influence and forecasts the universal adoption of the banner of Christianity, pointing to the everlasting unity, peace, and freedom of all God's creation.
How
often has the cry gone up from sinful humanity, "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me"! Miserable after material indulgence, despondent after a sinful bout, ashamed after giving way to a gust of willful passion, the repentant ones have turned to God entreating Him to take away their sins and to give them again that consciousness of purity which alone can bring them peace.
Visitors to The Mother Church edifice are naturally interested in the number and the character of the inscriptions on the walls taken from the Bible and from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
Margaret A. Loan
with contributions from Margaret L. Winchester
This testimony is written in love and gratitude to God, infinite good, and to Mary Baker Eddy for the wonderful healings and spiritual understanding gained through the study of her writings and the Bible.
I did not take up the study of Christian Science for healing, but because I wanted something better than I had ; yet among the first fruits I received while reading the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, were two physical healings, one from all the phases of catarrh, from which I had suffered for fifteen years, and for which I had tried probably every known remedy, and also from various forms of throat trouble, to which I had been a victim ever since I could remember, and which were supposed to have been inherited.
Across life's turbulent and angry seaA voice is carried on love's wings to me;In accents penetrating inmost soulIt tells of joy and peace and holy things,Of cruel thongs released and freedom won—The voice of Truth.
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