As
every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God," we read in Peter's first epistle.
The
Gospel records leave no room for doubt that there is a law of God which heals all manner of ills, and that Christ Jesus understood and applied this law with perfect naturalness and success.
Freely
is good received, by none should it be takenFrom him who clasps it, having need of more;Good gifts proceed from Love, the prodigal forsakenFinds at his home what kindness kept in store.
Oscar R. Porter, Jr., Committee on Publication for the State of North Carolina,
In the public opinion column of your issue of September 30 appears a letter which makes some erroneous statements in regard to Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Scientists.
B. Tatham Woodhead, Committee on Publication for Lancashire, England,
In your issue of Wednesday last, under the heading, "Two Challenges to the Churches," an address is reported in which Christian Science is named as one of these challenges.
Mrs. Winifred M. Hartley, Committee on Publication for Staffordshire, England,
In the final article of the series which appeared in the Express and Star, "The Christian Faith and Spiritualism," the writer makes the statement that the Christian Science movement is carrying away numbers of Christians from the fundamental teaching of the early apostolic church.
The
Field will be interested to know that the completion of the interior of the new Publishing House is proceeding satisfactorily and as rapidly as is consistent with acceptable workmanship and desirable results.
An
encouraging sign of the times is the increasingly widespread recognition of the fact that human warfare cannot end war any more than hate can mollify malice, than fear can antitode apprehension of evil, than shadows can dispel darkness.
When Christian Science was first presented to me I was happy in my relations with an orthodox church, but soon felt that if Christian Science was the truth I must prove it for myself.
I cannot find words to express the joy that came to me five years ago when, after several months of treatment from a practitioner, and earnest reading from the Bible and Science and Health, I glimpsed the truth that Jesus said would make us free.
I offer this testimony out of sincere gratitude for what the study of Christian Science has done for me, hoping it may help someone in a moment of need.
As I recall the great help which Christian Science has been to me during the past seventeen years, I feel a deep sense of gratitude, and a desire to help others to obtain a demonstrable understanding of this Science of Life.
I have felt for some time that I should send in my testimony, as it was through the reading of the testimonies in the Journal and Sentinel that I became interested in Christian Science.
I should like to testify to a healing which I experienced through Christian Science, since it was brought to me by a very dear friend about five years ago.
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