August 15, 1931
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More
than half a century ago Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, wrote on <a class="tome-reference"
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How
interested we are in the little children who, throughout the centuries, have been known to Bible readers, and how clearly their identity stands out! We recall the little Samuel in his sweet childish way running to Eli to see if he had called him, showing his prompt obedience to the voice that spoke to him, and associating his voice with one he loved.
At
times, when a student of Christian Science is confronted with a problem to work out and is seeking healing, he spends so much thought in mental research and probing that he is apt to find himself in a maze.
All
Christian Scientists are grateful for the definition of "children" given by Mrs.
Almost
everyone who has had contact with the business world has heard executives of large corporations refer to "yes" men.
It
is a great privilege to be a student in a Christian Science Sunday School; for not only does the scholar learn there to know God and to experience freedom from sin and sickness, but he learns how to open the way to health and peace for his fellows.
One
of the sweetest, fairest scenes, In memories of Galilee, Is that of Jesus in the midst Of childish happiness and glee.
The pastor of the Gloucester Street Congregational Church delivered a sermon on Christian Science on Sunday morning, taking for his text <a class="tome-reference"
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In his excellent Bible lecture, as reported in your issue of February 8, a clergyman in commenting on the reason for the existence of evil states that "Christian Science disposes of the problem by denying its existence.
This
is the song that gladdens all my day— The promises will surely be fulfilled: Think of the joy that echoes through those words! Hope is awakened, every fear is stilled.
Frequent
objections to Christian Science are its denial that any form of matter is real and its denial that Jesus was God.
The
Psalmist wrote, "It is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.
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I did not take up the study of Christian Science for physical healing but because I was seeking an answer to my questions about God, which the orthodox church of which I was a member could not give me.
In recounting the many blessings I have received through the unfoldment of the Christ, Truth, as taught in Christian Science, I am reminded of my first healing, which occurred several years ago.
Over twenty years ago Christian Science came into my life, and for this I never cease to be grateful, as this truth has been the solution of all my problems during this time.
It is with unspeakable joy and deep gratitude for Christian Science that I give this testimony.
I tried materia medica for about fifteen years, traveling over this country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean in search of health, but failed in my search and even grew worse.
In February, 1929, our son was suddenly taken very ill.
Christian Science has healed me of abscesses, influenza, false growth, colds, burns, infection, chapped hands, and many other things too numerous to mention.
True religion is the most joyous thing in life, and Christian Science is true religion.
Six years ago I was seriously injured at the East Boston, Massachusetts, airport, when, after landing from a flight, I was struck by the revolving propeller of the airplane.
Three years ago, through Christian Science, I learned of the all-power and ever-presence of God.
I grew up in a home where Christian Science literature was always present, and as a child experienced a number of healings through the work of a member of my family and through Christian Science practitioners.
[The Bishop of Croydon, as quoted in the Walthamstow and Carshalton Times, Croydon, England]
