August 29, 1931
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In
the Beatitudes is the promise, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
A beginner
in Christian Science, seeking healing, does not always readily accept the fact that his real need is to know more of God and of his own relation to God; to gain that spiritual understanding with which he can rectify what to him seems to be a purely material, financial, or physical difficulty.
ONE
who is honestly seeking God and searching the Bible for guidance in human affairs is perhaps discouraged by the fact that mankind so soon lost its paradise, and that envy and hatred were the cause of the first fratricide.
A STUDENT
of Christian Science whose acquaintance with the subject had covered many years, and whose experiences included many satisfactory demonstrations of God's ever-presence, was nevertheless puzzled over his inability to solve a certain business problem.
IN
Christian Science churches where Sunday services are held both morning and evening, the First Reader makes the following announcement: "The evening service is a repetition of the morning service.
Oh,
I have lived to-day — to me was givenThe Word that brought relief to one distressed,As, through the lens of Truth, a glimpse of heaven And Life eternal brought him peace and rest.
In the verbatim report of the Alabama State Training School investigation are certain remarks and inferences that would indicate a misconception of Christian Science.
In a sermon on Christian Science reported in your issue of the seventeenth instant, a clergyman admits having read the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, many years ago.
In refutation of a clergyman's statement that "the doctrines of Holy Scripture are contradicted on every page of Mrs.
It is gratifying to read in your issue of March 2 an account of a sermon on divine healing.
Christ Jesus
healed the sick and the sinning through spiritual understanding, and the early Christian church did the same for upwards of three hundred years; but after that, spiritual healing practically ceased.
A Clearer
comprehension of divine Love, a wider, purer, more constant receptivity to good — in other words, greater spirituality — is the vital need of the human race.
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Applications for admission to membership in The Mother Church may be sent to the Clerk at any time throughout the year.
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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.
It is with sincere gratitude that I wish to testify to some of the healings I have received since coming into Christian Science.
In the last thirteen years I have had many opportunities to use and apply Christian Science, and never once have I found it lacking in meeting my every need.
With a heart full of gratitude I wish to testify to God's ever-availability, which is so clearly taught in Christian Science.
About the year 1915, a friend lovingly brought Christian Science to my attention, the thought being that a dear member of my family might thereby seek its healing benefits.
Each day finds me more grateful to our beloved Leader, Mrs.
For the encouragement of anyone who seems to be having a slow healing in Christian Science I should like to tell of a demonstration.
From early childhood I was troubled with rheumatism.
Christian Science was presented to me twenty-seven years ago, when I was a wreck mentally and physically with nervous prostration.
About nineteen years ago I came to Christian Science for the healing of earache after being treated by a specialist, as the pain had become more severe after the specialist treated me.
With a heart full of gratitude I wish to testify to the blessings and healings which have come to me through the wondrous teachings of Christian Science.
In gratitude for the many blessings which have come to me through the testimonies of others I wish to send this.
O Life!
whene'er we turn to Thee, We feel Thy touch; our thoughts with newness fill; Oh, may our waiting hearts uplifted be, To know the calmness of the "Peace, be still"! O Truth! Thy voice is ever near, Speaking where doubt and darkness seem to reign.
