August 30, 1930
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this hour, when the thought of world peace is uppermost in the minds of men, it is gratifying to realize that the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, gave to the world a practical plan for accomplishing this long-cherished world unity.
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disciples must soon have realized that Christ Jesus' understanding of prayer was something quite different from the formal, ritualistic petitions they were accustomed to offer to the Almighty.
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many and varied are the opportunities and blessings which come to all those engaged in the building of a Christian Science church! Far more, indeed, is involved in this true building than simply the erecting of a beautiful visible structure.
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is fairly safe to assume that there is hardly a single poet, sage, religionist, philosopher, or in fact any seriously thinking person, who has not spent much time in trying to find a satisfying answer to what has been called "the riddle of the universe," or the divine purpose of existence.
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joyful ideas are associated with our thoughts of awakening: dawn; the fading darkness and the rising glow of day; all things new; freshness, renewed courage, hope, and opportunity! David, whose vision clearly transcended even the Summum bonum of human sense, said, "I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
THOSE
who have had an opportunity of viewing beauty spots of nature, or who have seen them portrayed in sketches or in paintings, will probably realize that the scene which particularly arrests the attention is the one that includes a reflection.
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is sometimes asked how one may engage in spiritual thinking while one's work requires thought to be centered upon material details and plans.
PEACE,
be still! Oh, may we knowThat peace is ever near,That God His tender love doth showTo all who claim His care.
Christian Scientists do not put on revivals or conduct campaigns openly or secretly to gain followers, or for funds with which to finance its activities.
A reference to Christian Science by a clergyman which appeared in the issue of your paper of December 17, 1929, disclosed his unfamiliarity with the subject.
The purpose of this letter is not to take issue with a clergyman with respect to his syndicated article on tuberculosis and Christian Science, printed in a recent edition of your paper, but to hold out some degree of hope to those who may be struggling with that disease, and to whom his statement must have been decidedly depressing.
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Such statements as those appended by the editors to my letter in your issue of the 21st inst.
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practice of Christian Science can be facilitated by learning to resolve or translate material beliefs into spiritual facts.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
is teaching men the true nature of God and how to put their trust in Him.
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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.
When, many years ago, I heard about Christian Science for the first time, I had treatment occasionally for weak or oversensitive nerves.
An increased sense of gratitude for Christian Science and its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, comes to me as I think of the opportunities she has given us through the Sentinel, the Journal, and the Wednesday evening testimony meetings to tell of the power of Truth which we have proved in our experience.
Words are inadequate to express the gratitude I feel for the teachings of Christian Science and for the impersonal work that is being done in the world to-day through our literature.
Christian Science was presented to me some seventeen years ago.
As I study Christian Science the importance of gratitude and of expressing our gratitude is becoming more and more clear to me; therefore, I add my testimony to the many others given by those who have been healed through this wonderful truth.
Words are inadequate to express my gratitude for all the good that has come to me through Christian Science.
I wish to express my sincere gratitude for the blessings that have come to me through Christian Science.
It is a wonderful privilege and a sacred duty to express my gratitude for all that Christian Science has done for me.
Christian Science has been my only physician for over twelve years.
I am sincerely and humbly grateful for all that Christian Science has done for me.
