Christ Jesus
placed the seal of his approval upon the mission of John the Baptist when he said, "Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.
Someone
has said in substance that if one could become thoroughly proficient in the doing of but one useful thing, the world would wear a pathway to his door, even though he lived in a wilderness.
Every
honest Christian Scientist is striving to rid his thinking of the evil beliefs that tend to blind him and prevent his seeing the truth about his brother.
A watchman,
standing on the tower of Truth—Thus do I like to think of you, dear friend;Watching for the angelic messagesWhich Love unto your waiting thought doth send.
William Pitfield, Committee on Publication for Lancashire, England,
In the report of a sermon on Christian Science contained in your issue of November 6th, it is gratifying to note that the expressed aim of the reverend gentleman was to take a sympathetic view of the subject rather than to make an attack on it.
Ralph W. Still, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
In your report of a sermon by a churchman who had recently recovered from a severe illness, it was stated that he "scored" the doctrine of the unreality of sickness and asserted that such an experience as his would disabuse anyone of such "modern so-called religious notions.
O Love,
deliver me this day I pray,From every evil; let me set a watchUpon my thoughts, that no false prophecyOr unwise judgment, condemnation wrong,Erroneous counsel, adverse influenceBe found in consciousness—neither withinNor yet without the citadel of self.
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.
When, eight years ago, I left Holland to come to the Dutch East Indies, I made my home with my eldest sister; through whom I heard Christian Science mentioned for the first time.
Alice L. Merigold
with contributions from William T. Merigold
The testimonies in the Christian Science Sentinel and The Christian Science Journal have been such a help to me that I wish to give mine, that it may help someone as I have been helped.
Divine
Love always has and always willMeet human need—<em class="footnote d-none" title="*"><em class="footnote d-none" title="*"> See Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, page 494.
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