February 17, 1934
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When
one purchases a proved and useful mechanical device, directions are found with it which guarantee certain performance, provided the directions are followed.
At
a time when want is widely prevalent, in striking contrast with the riches in the hands of a few, it is reassuring to know that the great problem of distribution, which causes the economists so much concern, from the spiritual standpoint is already solved.
"The
lives of all reformers," our Leader has said, "attest the authenticity of their mission, and call the world to acknowledge its divine Principle".
"Nature
," as commonly understood, is defined in part as "creative force; the powers that produce existing phenomena.
In
the paragraph containing the marginal heading "Theories helpless," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures".
Memory
recalls a little girl who had attended a Christian Science Sunday School and who went away to a summer camp for the first time.
It
seemed much easier to forgiveThe ignorance of hate,Or even vengeance' bitter shaftsThat brought remorse too late;
From Letters, Substantially as Published
The remarks of the clergyman as reported in your last issue, whilst they are not definitely antagonistic to Christian Science, yet show that he is only superficially acquainted with it.
In a recent issue of the Times there appeared a report of an address delivered by a doctor guests attending the annual clinic dinner of the Oklahoma City Clinical Society.
I was much interested in what your medical correspondent had to say on the discussion in the Upper House of Convocation of Canterbury on the subject of the anointing of the sick.
In
his parable of the sheep and the goats Jesus represents the King as saying, "I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
It
is proverbial that the personal activities and achievements of men do not confer upon them complete contentment or satisfaction.
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Yes, public libraries have sheet music departments: and one who is not aware of their activities may be surprised to learn of the large number of pieces of music borrowed from these deparments.
From the time I was a girl I was always interested in religious questions.
From infancy I had been delicate, and grew worse as I entered womanhood.
Christian Science was presented to me in 1905 by a dear friend who afterward became my husband.
It is with a desire to express gratitude for the many proofs of God's care that I give this testimony.
It is a privilege and duty to bear witness to the beneficent influences of a Christian Science lecture, and to express my deep-felt gratitude for the wise provision of our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in establishing the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church.
Christian Science came to me in the darkest hour of my life, and through its teachings I have been transformed physically and mentally.
For what Christian Science has done for me I wish to express my sincere gratitude.
With deep gratitude and the desire to help others I should like to relate some of the blessings and healings which I have received since taking up the study of Christian Science.
I have had so many blessings from the application of the understanding of Christian Science that I hardly know where to being to tell of them.
About seven years ago my dear father passed on with lung trouble.
