The
author of the fourth Gospel sometimes uses a word or describes a scene with the intention of conveying a special significance, hidden indeed from the casual reader but revealing itself to the student.
Students
of Christian Science who perceive the spiritual meaning of the sacred Scriptures, through the literal and figurative wording of the text, can appreciate in some measure what the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews meant when he referred to the way of Christ Jesus as "a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.
An
expression frequently used in public addresses by statesmen and in the press is the term "preparedness," meaning a state of being prepared, being ready.
In
expressing thankfulness for blessings experienced, speakers in our Wednesday evening testimony meetings sometimes make the remark that prayer was offered or the truth declared "as we are taught in Christian Science.
Human
thought, with its limited finite beliefs, is never satisfied; and with the hope that its limitations may cease, it is constantly seeking different environment.
John Murray Burriss, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,
If a person repeats a statement over and over to convince himself that the statement is true, such practice is "an overheated brand of Christian Science," according to a paragraph in your esteemed paper of January 16.
J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
In her book "Retrospection and Introspection" Mary Baker Eddy relates incidents and experiences leading up to her discovery, in 1866, of Christian Science.
Arthur E. Blainey, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada,
In your issue of November 1, a correspondent, "Bible Christian," has undertaken to criticize Christian Science, and to dispute certain statements made by a lecturer during his lecture in Stratford on October 27, and reported in part in the Stratford Beacon-Herald of October 28.
In their endeavor to comply fully with Article III, Sections 7 and 8, of the Manual of The Mother Church, some Christian Science church members lose sight of the fact that these provisions relating to discipline in branch churches and to the duties of Readers should be construed with certain other By-Laws.
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.
For many years I tried to know and do God's will, but at last became very much discouraged, for I did not seem able to understand or love God as taught in the church of which I was then a member.
After years of suffering caused by poisoning at childbirth, and after several operations which did not help my condition but rather left me worse each time, three wellknown physicians, who had been faithful in doing all they could, gave me up.
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