When
Jesus imparted an understanding of the Science of healing to his followers and sent them forth to spread the gospel of the kingdom of heaven and to heal all manner of disease, he authorized them to do so in his name.
To
a Christian Scientist that cheerful greeting, "Happy New Year," which it is customary to exchange on the first day of each year, is more than mere words.
As
one follows the building of the new Publishing House in its advancing stages of construction, the magnitude of its meaning and the vastness of its purpose flood consciousness, and its symbolism stimulates contemplations rich and fruitful.
As
the writer once saw a group of messenger boys separate and hurry away in different directions, each bearing tidings of some sort, the thought came to her that we are all messengers; and the boys and girls who are hired to take communications of which they know nothing from one office or house to another, are also carrying, at the same time, messages of their own, consciously or unconsciously, and people are receiving them.
Teach
me to know the pure in heartSee God; that man does not depend on mortal breathFor life, but perfect in His likeness, set apart,Can never know the enemy called death,Since God is Life.
Orwell Bradley Towne, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
It is disappointing to read in magazine devoted to the defense of women such unkind and untrue statements about Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, as those which appear in a book review in your March issue.
W. Truman Green, Committee on Publication for the State of Florida,
In a recent issue of the Times-Union a prominent clergyman of your city affirms that preachers and priests of this age are not given power to heal the sick, and that "no healing from physical infirmities is promised or need be expected, except according to James 5:14.
Frederick H. Astley Woodward, Committee on Publication for Devonshire, England,
On page 8 of your issue of February 3 there is a report of a sermon; and a paragraph of this report deals with the preacher's views on what he describes as "fancy religions.
Miss Emily J. Jones, Committee on Publication for the State of North Carolina,
The president of the North Carolina Medical Society in his recent address at the annual meeting made some misleading statements about the practice of Christian Science, which I shall ask you to permit me to correct.
Christian Science
proclaims the consistency of God and His creation, of cause and effect, and from this basis refutes matter and evil in all their subjective and objective presumptions.
The Literature Distribution Committee of The Mother Church is continuing to assist branch churches and societies that are endeavoring to complete their Reading Room files.
It was indeed an important day for me when I went to live with some Christian Scientists who by their loving example led me to become interested in Christian Science.
When Christian Science was brought to my attention, I was fully convinced that I had contracted tuberculosis from a loved one whom I had taken care of for several years.
In the sixty-first chapter of Isaiah we read of the blessings which are to follow the coming of the Christ, one of which is expressed in these words: "To give unto them beauty for ashes.
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