A MODERN
dictionary defines the word "appreciation" in its most comman usage as "true or adequate apprehension or estimation, as of qualities, merit, or value; sympathetic recognition of excellence.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
says to all, in the words of the Master, "Receive thy sight;" and as many as are willing and receptive are receiving spiritual sight and glorifying God.
What
a glorious day has dawned for mankind in the revelation which discloses the true nature of God and man! Through this revelation, presented to the world in Christian Science, appears the fact of man's spiritual and perfect being, wherein is no element of error, or evil — nothing that "defileth,.
The
parable of the prodigal son is a great favorite with many of us; and in the light which our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, sheds upon the Bible, the deep meaning of the parable becomes clear.
When
one is found worthy to be appointed a teacher in a Christian Science Sunday School, he finds himself on the threshold of a glorious opportunity, one in which are to be found innumerable blessings for both teacher and pupil.
As
Jesus fasted in the wildernessAnd prayed for strength, the tempter came to himPrepared to overcome the pure in heart,And murmured, knowing him to be an hungered:If it be true thou art the Son of God,Command these stones that they be turned to bread,For truly thou hast fasted long enough.
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
Christian Science cannot properly be classified under "the modern Babel of misbeliefs," as mistakenly implied by a reader's letter in your issue of November 1; nor does it bear any similarity to the other systems with which it was grouped by your correspondent.
To
have no fear—To go about my work with footsteps light;To sing a song of joy from morn till night;To leave all care to Him who clothes the flower;To know that Love, and Love alone, is power;Oh, this is rest!
The call from the Field for color in the binding of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" has been so insistent that the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy have authorized the publication of two new editions of the textbook in color.
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.
For many years Christian Science has been my only remedy for suffering of every kind, physical and mental, and it has indeed been a gospel of peace in our home.
Florence M. Tate
with contributions from John H. Tate
In counting over some of the blessings which have come into my life since studying Christian Science, I feel that words are inadequate to express the great sense of gratitude I feel to God for the boundless unfolding of good all along the way.
Christian Science was first recognized in our home when I was but a small child; and while I can now see the healing truth it brought, I did not actually put it to the test until several years later.
Many blessings have come to me through the study of Christian Science, and daily I am striving to express my gratitude for all the activities of this great movement.
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