There
is to-day throughout many parts of the world an eager turning of thought towards the subject of supply as interpreted and demonstrated through Christian Science.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
is reëchoing to this age the cry of the Apostle Paul, "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
How
like a garden is our Sunday school! Mental acres are ready for planting and tending, and many little plants are preparing to unfold, warmed by the sunshine and refreshed by the dew of Love.
How
often have those visiting a Christian Science church for the first time been impressed with the glow of happiness they have observed in the faces of many present there! And why should the Christian Scientist be happy?
The
knowledge that mortals are in need of God's mercy is instinctive in human thought; also, that something is required of them in order to obtain this mercy.
John H. O'Loughlin, Committee on Publication for Northumberland, England,
It is a pity that a correspondent whose letter appeared in a recent issue allowed himself to be deceived by the baseless suggestions that the Manual of The Mother Church had become inoperative, and that Christian Science came otherwise than by Mrs.
Philip King, Committee on Publication for the District of Columbia,
In a cable dispatch which appeared in your issue of January 23 you report a meeting of the high members of the Church of England on the subject of faith healing.
Miss Edith L. Thomson, Committee on Publication for Queensland, Australia,
In the Queensland Times of October 8, a preacher is reported as having made reference to Christian Science in an address on "Evangelism" which is scarcely consistent with the ethics of Christianity.
Frank A. Updegraff, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,
Christian Scientists appreciate, and are in full accord with, much that you published under the caption, "The Great Physician," in a recent edition of your newspaper, but do not agree with the statement that "any man who thinks straight and long enough will know that the position of Christian Science is unsound and full of metaphysical and scientific holes.
Arthur J. Chapman, Committee on Publication for the State of Louisiana,
Your issue of January 27 contains an article entitled "To-morrow's Doctor" which makes reference to mental healing and states that "the quack often achieves remarkable cures, the result in most cases of his loudly expressed faith in a cure.
How often have mortals wondered if ever a universal remedy will be found for the ills that afflict them! Here they are, they believe, dwelling in a material body, subject to material law, and the victims of all manner of evil.
Churches and societies in the United States and the Dominion of Canada which wish to give lectures during the first two months of the next lecture year, namely, July and August, 1931, are requested to inform the Board of Lectureship before May 25.
All the benefits I have received in Christian Science are too many to relate, but I should like to tell of my first healing, which occurred about thirty-two years ago.
Many years ago I was the recipient of God's precious gift of spiritual healing, and I feel impelled to express the gratitude so deeply felt for the innumerable proofs of the care and protection of divine Love.
When I was in a very weak and hopeless condition as a result of many years of suffering from an organic disease, I turned to Christian Science for healing and received my help.
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