There
are millions of people to-day who are seeking aimlessly for work, or for some geographical locality where they believe a living wage can be secured.
It
should be a cause for rejoicing that the call has gone out to the Field to erect a new Publishing House to care for the enlarging work of our movement.
How
broad was the Psalmist's view of God as our dwelling place! God is also spoken of as "our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble," and as "a shelter.
When
Jesus was about to send his disciples out into the world equipped with nothing tangible to the material senses as a means of defense against the onslaughts of error, which he well knew would be forthcoming against any emissary of Truth, he gently warned them to be "wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
God's
will is done in heaven and earth!If we should learn the eternal worthOf this forever truth,How much of worldly woe and strifeWould disappear from human lifeAnd leave a living proof.
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
An article entitled "The Duty of Being Happy," in your issue of April 24, included Christian Science among organizations "to make people happy," but implied mistakenly that Christian Science is fundamentally the same as other systems mentioned in the article.
Thomas A. Wyles, Committee on Publication for South Australia,
The weekly article, "Diary of a Doctor," in last Saturday's Advertiser, under the subheading "Faith Healing," contained certain misrepresentations concerning Christian Science.
Mrs. Mary Blanch Jones, Committee on Publication for Gloucestershire, England,
In your last issue, a gentleman speaking at Weston-super-Mare is reported to have referred at considerable length to what he believes to be the teaching of Christian Science.
The often overflowing attendance at lectures on Christian Science given by members of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church is gratifying and desirable.
An announcement of unusual importance is made by the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy concerning the publication of a new edition of the Christian Science textbook, to be known as the Students' Edition.
I remember first hearing of Christian Science when I was a small child; but the little I heard was mistaken, so that a wrong impression remained with me.
About fourteen years ago, when in front of the home of some people whom I knew to be Christian Scientists, I thought how wonderful it must be, when sick, not to have to send for a doctor, not to be afraid that you will die.
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