WHEN
one seeker for a more satisfying religious teaching attended a Christian Science service for the first time, he was startled by the revolutionary declaration of "the scientific statement of being," which begins, "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter".
Prior
to the discovery of Christian Science, in the year 1866, most mortals believed that sickness and disease were inevitable, and in some cases God-sent.
Mrs. Dorothy Hoskyn, Committee on Publication for the South Island of New Zealand,
In answer to your correspondent, I would say that all his questions, with one exception, are aswered clearly and completely in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scritprues" by Mary Baker Eddy, when the sentences he quotes are read with their proper context.
B. Tatham Woodhead, Committee on Publication for Lancashire, England,
In your issue of October 23 you report a bishop as saying, with reference to Christian Science, "To neglect what God has given us and then to pray to Him to help us in our sickness is blasphemy.
Aided by its alert Assistants in the various communities of Northern California, this office has vigilantly scanned publications throughout its jurisdiction and is privileged to report that attacks upon our religion have been practically nonexistent.
What
assurance, what faith in God run through the words of Moses which he uttered "unto all Israel" in his farewell message to them: "Be strong and of a good courage,.
After
the arguments of his three friends had failed to succor and satisfy Job, clear-thinking Elihu came to his rescue and turned his thought to God in a way which eventuated in his healing and restoration.
It is well known that Christian Scientists at summer resorts in the national parks and in the mountains gather in little bands to hold Christian Science Sunday services.
Now, as in Jesus' time, the healing power of God is demonstrable; and it was her consecrated spiritual study of the Bible that enabled our Leader to explain this healing truth in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
This testimony is the outcome of a deep sense of gratitude for all that Christian Science has done for me, and for the innumerable blessings which it has brought and is continuing to bring into my life.
I am grateful for the many healings and blessings that have come to me through Christian Science, and for the good that comes to the world through its teachings.
Gratitude for the many benefits received from Christian Science prompts me to share with others the blessings my family and I have received in the past twelve years from the application of the truth as taught in our textbook.
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