November 19, 1932
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WHEREAS
at this season of the year our people for generations past have always turned their thoughts to thankfulness for the blessings of Almighty God,
THE
keen appreciation of Christian Science and the deep gratitude for its teachings which are felt by Christian Scientists enable them to dwell in the mental state of thanksgiving.
HOW
beautiful the swift flight of a bird sweeping aloft on joyful wing! How aptly it symbolizes that spiritual elevation and freedom which the understanding of Christian Science brings to the human consciousness, lifting it upward and Godward, as it were, on wings of joy! This joyousness is not, however, mere emotionalism, for it is born of a perception of the allness of God, His ever-presence and infinite goodness, and is in no way contingent on the evidence of the physical senses.
ARE
we tempted at times to stand in awe of some problem that confronts us, perhaps temporizing with the seeming difficulty in our mental arguments, convinced that victory will eventually be gained, but reconciled to the belief that we must submit temporarily to error's rule?
TRUE
compassion and pure affection are qualities so closely related that one cannot be expressed without the other.
WE
are all more or less familiar with the story of the minutemen who played such an important part in the gaining of the independence of the United States of America.
In Folket for August 21 and September 4 a doctor has two articles under the heading "Healing by Faith," in which he attempts to give an exposition of Christian Science.
A news item in your issue of March 24 stated in substance that a hypnotist giving public demonstrations in your city had also delivered "lectures on Christian Science.
May I make one or two remarks with reference to the lecture reported in your columns today, in which a doctor made what is described as "a strong attack on Christian Science"?
Article
The remarkable growth of Christian Science is often a matter of surprise to those who know little or nothing of the facts, but who have noted its rapid spread.
Christian Science
is telling the world today in no uncertain terms that God, being infinite good, is the source of all the good which men enjoy.
In
Proverbs it is written, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Article
Recently a number of Committees on Publication in the United States and abroad met in Boston for a series of conferences with the Manager of Committees on Publication.
Article
Applications for admission to membership in The Mother Church may be sent to the Clerk at any time throughout the year.
With a deep sense of gratitude I should like to tell of some of the many blessings Christian Science has brought into my life.
While in a Christian Science practitioner's office I was asked if I had ever thought of laying aside my glasses, which I had worn since the age of four years.
Four years ago on Thanksgiving Day I was in a Christian Science church for the first time, and it is over three years ago that I was healed of what was considered a serious disease of the bowels.
My husband and I have known of the benefits of Christian Science treatment since we were children, as our parents became interested when we were young.
It is with a heart full of gratitude that I desire to testify to the healing power of Christian Science.
I have derived so much benefit from reading the testimonies in The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel that I wish to give mine with the desire that it may be of like benefit to others.
I have been interested in Christian Science for over six years, having become interested in it through my sister, who has had many splendid healings.
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
For the revelation of Truth and the spiritual joy which were the result of my first healing in Christian Science I shall never cease to be grateful.
In the spring of 1929 I was stricken with an illness which was never diagnosed, and therefore I cannot give it a name.
