Mrs. Ann P. Hewitt, Committee on Publication for North Island, New Zealand,
I should be glad of space in your columns to correct some statements in an article which appeared in your issue of March 18, in which a reverend gentleman refers to Christian Science as another form of spiritualism, classifying it with occultism, theosophy, psychic phenomena, etc.
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
The writer of a letter published in your issue of December 22 was mistaken when he implied that Christian Science is based on the human control of material energy.
Alfred Johnson, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
The statement of your correspondent "Cosmos," that Christian Science embodies the attitude of laissez-faire towards evil, is not in agreement with the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
The
Christian Science denomination, or Church of Christ, Scientist, formed in 1879, is "a church designed to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing".
Those within the range of the sound of the chimes of The Mother Church appreciate the glad message and beautiful tone of these bells when they sound out well-known hymns from the Christian Science hymnal prior to the church services, or repeat the familiar Handel phrase especially written for bells, rung at stated hours by clock control.
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.
Almy M. Kittell
with contributions from Ernest J. Kittell
In the summer of 1914 Christian Science was brought to my home, and although I did not seem to need it for physical healing I felt that it was the religion I had long been looking for.
It is now twenty-six years since I was healed of what was called consumption of the bowels and lungs, diabetes, and sciatica, solely through reading the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, our revered Leader, for whose indomitable courage and loving, persistent labors for mankind I am sincerely grateful.
That God is our strength, our physician, our health, our life, and our refuge when error and even "the last enemy," death, would put its fetters upon us, I myself was privileged to experience.
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