The
student of Christian Science finds much of interest in the experience of Elijah at Zarephath, as recorded in the seventeenth chapter of I Kings, because he has learned to analyze any incident related in the Scriptures in order to find its deeper meanings; and so he sees that the restoration to life of the widow's son was by no means all that was accomplished on that memorable occasion.
The
student of Christian Science is gaining a constantly increasing appreciation of the import of the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, by proving their practical application in human affairs.
J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
In an address given as part of the program of the Iowa State College annual religious emphasis week, by one who spoke concerning the vital relation of religion to life's experiences, incidental reference was made to Christian Science as considering evil to be "an error of the human mind.
Cecil E. Benjamin, Committee on Publication for the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa,
The three letters on Christian Science in your last issue, written by "Elias," "Agnostic," and "Anti-Humbug"—rather a quaint combination, by the way—are interesting, but do not disturb the students of Christian Science.
With a heart full of gratitude, I am writing this, hoping others may seek the same wonderful blessing that I have received from a week's stay at the Pacific Coast Sanatorium of Christian Science Benevolent Association at San Francisco, California.
A block of eight four-story apartment houses at the corner of Norway Street and Huntington Avenue, which has occupied the corner adjacent to the Church park, is now being razed.
From the unreal and unnatural views that I formerly had of life, I have experienced some remarkable changes through the spiritual understanding gained from the study of Christian Science.
Marie M. Booth
with contributions from Max G. Booth
It is twenty-seven years since Christian Science was first mentioned to me by a relative, as a possible remedy for a severe nervous breakdown from which I was then suffering.
It is with sincere gratitude to God for Christian Science that I give this testimony, and give it with the hope that it will help someone as I was helped several years ago.
The paragraph on page 174 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, beginning with the ninth line, gives a vivid picture of my mental journey from the darkness of materiality into the light of my spiritually unfolding sonship with God, good.
I wish to express my gratitude for the many blessings I have received through the study and application of Christian Science during the past twenty-three years, during which Christian Science has been my only physician.
I wish to testify to the wonderful uplifting joy and freedom that have come to me and to my little family through the knowledge of Christian Science, in the prayerful hope that it may help some other mother who is perhaps burdened by sick and ailing children as I was six years ago.
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