Herbert Hoover
with contributions from Henry L. Stimson
We
approach the season when, according to custom dating from the garnering of the first harvest by our forefathers in the New World, a day set apart to give thanks even amid hardships to Almighty God for our temporal and spiritual blessings.
Christian
Science takes no joyous holiday away from mortals, but it lifts these occasions to a vision of Christliness that adds to their permanence, usefulness, and refreshment.
In
an inspiring article bearing the title "Harvest," to be found in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," our Leader sets forth a timely and timeless truth.
The
prophet Isaiah, speaking to the people of his time, said: "Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee;" and centuries afterwards the Apostle Paul, in his second letter to the church at Corinth, wrote, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
In
Proverbs the wise man says, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine;" and all through the ages the joy and spontaneity of youth have brought inspiration and encouragement to many.
As flowers droop beneath the pelting rain,So, in adversity's correcting showers,I bowed my face to earth and felt the painOf disappointed hopes and tear-filled hours.
Orwell Bradley Towne, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
The article entitled "Malaria Prejudicitis," which appeared in the American Hebrew a short time ago, contains a statement regarding Christian Science which is somewhat confusing.
Arthur G. Lothgren, Committee on Publication for the Province of British Columbia, Canada,
A reprint of an article appearing in your issue dated July 23, 1931, stated that those churches which "have something in the way of mysticism to offer.
Henry Dickinson, formerly Committee on Publication for Durham, England,
My attention has been drawn to the article, "Faith Healing in Modern Times," in your issue of June 12, where Christian Science healing is virtually classed as charlatanism.
Gordon V. Comer, Committee on Publication for the State of Colorado,
Your issue of June 12 includes a report of a convention of churchmen at which one delegate said that children should be aided in fighting evil, and another speaker, who referred to false teachings and included "Eddyism" among them, warned pastors to see that their flocks be not touched by such false doctrines.
At
this season the Christian Scientist may be weaving into a crown of thanksgiving all the strands of demonstration he can collect and recollect in his year's work.
To
insure that complete lecture notices be printed in the Sentinel, detailed information shoudl 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.
In April, 1919, I was confronted with a problem which caused me to lose all interest in life, for I saw nothing to live for in a world of sorrow and misery, as it seemed to me at that time.
Our son, when three years of age, was stricken with a very strange malady, accompanied by high temperature, loss of appetite, and constipation; he also lost the use of his limbs.
Whenever I am tempted to be discouraged or cast down, my thought always turns quickly to my first healing in Christian Science; for I was, indeed, very much like the woman spoken of in the New Testament who "had suffered many things of many physicians,.
To live, dear Lord, as thou would'st have me live;To pray each day, "Thy kingdom come,"—to giveMy every thought to help, to heal, to bless,—Oh, may I learn this prayer of selflessness!
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