A well-balanced
person is regarded generally as an individual who exercises good judgment in attending to his human affairs—one who does not swing to extremes in one direction or in another; one who is not precipitate in determining a course of procedure, finding later, perhaps, that it may be necessary to retrace his steps; one who does not procrastinate so that his steps, when taken, lose their effectiveness; one who expresses a high sense of integrity in his dealings with others.
The
essential difference between Christian Science and all other religions is that it concedes no reality to matter or material conditions, but relies entirely on spiritual reality as the basis of scientific demonstration or Christian healing.
At
a time such as the present, when men generally are seeking in every direction for a solution to the problem of business, working, as it seems, largely in the dark, experimenting with various human theories, harassed by uncertainty and fear—at such a time the Christian Scientist has reason, indeed, to rejoice and be grateful for the sound and demonstrable understanding of true business made available to him through the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
One
day, as a student of Christian Science was walking toward the building where she was employed, she noticed a little girl approaching her from the opposite direction and walking happily along toward her own destination.
Richard O. Shimer, former Committee on Publication for the State of Indiana,
In your issue of August 11 you report a sermon in which a clergyman comments on those who feel that religion has no right to make demands upon their time and are looking for an easy way.
Charles M. Shaw, former Committee on Publication for Lancashire, England,
With reference to the letter of an anonymous correspondent in your issue of April 22, please permit me to say that your correspondent's conclusion that if God did not originate error, then spiritual man is responsible, is entirely gratuitous and is contrary to Christian Science.
George Channing, Committee on Publication for Northern California,
It is possible that your correspondent meant to acknowledge the evident affection and esteem in which Christian Scientists hold their Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, when he wrote, referring to Jesus: "His place has been filled for hundreds of thousands by Mrs.
According
to optical testimony the earth is stationary, while the sun revolves around it; and the two parallel lines of a railway track converge in the distance.
Under
God's law of progress there is no halting place, and gratitude for the healing of disease should not be allowed to narrow one's sense of healing to this initial phase or hold one content in it, even for a day.
The Thanksgiving Day service in The Mother Church, on November 30, gave abundant evidence of ample fruitage in the garden of grateful hearts, well tilled and overflowing.
To insure that complete lecture notices be printed in the Sentinel, detailed information should reach the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald 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.
My interest in Christian Science began about twenty-seven years ago when a fellow worker related to me his healing of an injured foot which, for a long time, had prevented him from walking.
Over six years ago I developed tuberculosis of the lungs, this condition, according to medical theory, being the result of overstudy and lack of physical exercise.
With a heart full of gratitude which words fail to express I submit my testimony to the healing power of Christian Science and the benefits derived therefrom.
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