Upon
a certain occasion one of the Pharisees, supposed to excel in the knowledge of the Mosaic law, inquired of Jesus, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
What
an example of unwavering faith and wise reliance on God, not on matter, David expressed in his answer to Saul, who had armed him to go out and challenge the Philistine: "I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them"!
Many
retiring Readers have been joyfully uplifted by the words of our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, found in an article entitled "Words for the Wise" in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany".
How
unfailingly is a Christlike action recognized and remembered! After the lapse of many years one such incident stands out vividly in the memory of the writer.
Mrs. Mary B. Jones, Committee on Publication for Gloucestershire, England,
In your issue of the 14th, the Bishop of Gloucester is reported to have spoken of Christian Science as "that curious and persistent phenomenon of the present time," and of "recourse only to prayer" for the purpose of healing as "one of the worst heresies.
Ralph W. Still, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
In a recent issue of the Press appeared a reference to what Christian Science teaches regarding death, that gives an inadequate statement concerning this question.
with contributions from Morris W. Turner, Kenneth I. Jagel, Paul G. Woerth, Lady Astor, Sarah N. Dryer, Charles L. Babbitt, Thomas C. Bruhn, Elizabeth F. Williams, Adèle C. Long, George Stuart Simons, J. Frederick Cassa, Mildred Appleton Jackson, John Sonderman
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 I came to Christian Science I had been an almost helpless invalid for years, and my eyes were in such a condition that I had been shut up in a dark room for fifteen months.
I feel urged to testify publicly through these pages to the physical and moral healings I have been privileged to experience in Christian Science, and to the complete change this religion has brought into my life.
With grateful appreciation of the opportunity given to all mankind for spiritual enlightenment and healing through attendance at a Christian Science lecture, I offer this testimony of physical healing which occurred during a lecture given by a member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church.
I did not take up the study of Christian Science for physical healing, but became interested from observing the effect of its teachings upon dear friends who came to visit me occasionally.
In Isaiah we read this wonderful invitation: "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Christian Science was presented to my husband about seventeen years ago, and a friend lent us a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
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with contributions from Morris W. Turner, Kenneth I. Jagel, Paul G. Woerth, Lady Astor, Sarah N. Dryer, Charles L. Babbitt, Thomas C. Bruhn, Elizabeth F. Williams, Adèle C. Long, George Stuart Simons, J. Frederick Cassa, Mildred Appleton Jackson, John Sonderman