June 2, 1934
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At
the midweek meetings in Christian Science churches testimonies are often heard of physical and other healings experienced through the reading of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
Very
early one morning an observer who had climbed to a high altitude looked out over a sea of clouds.
Today
, as never before, humanity is learning the value of right thinking, and is finding out that the Science of true healing, as Jesus taught it, is an ever present possibility.
In
the book of Hebrews we read, "Consider one another to provoke unto love.
How
often do we hear the exclamation of surprised joy, "Oh, I see!" when, all at once, one grasps the inner meaning of some incident.
To
have a good time often seems to be the main objective of a young person, and in the true sense this is quite legitimate and right.
Lord
, to Thy secret place I come, Seeking its sweet repose; To me there is no dearer home— Here joy of Spirit glows.
Your issue of January 7 carried a news item in which a certain person was referred to as a "Christian Science practitioner and spiritualist," and since this is an impossible combination, and the reference falsely interprets both teachings, I ask space for making certain corrective observations.
In reply to the article in the November number of Die Auslese on the Founder of Christian Science, I should like to say that Mary Baker Eddy did not found a sect.
A bishop in his address at the Bristol Cathedral is reported to have said, "Christian Science was something which from the medical point of view they would consider absolutely erroneous.
The teachings of Christian Science are both Christian and scientific.
In
a consideration of the messages from our Leader to the members of The Mother Church we note that her reports of the spread and progress of the Christian Science movement were subservient always to her repeated calls for greater spiritual growth on the part of the individual church members.
The
Annual Meeting of The Mother Church proclaims to the world the unity of good appearing in the Christian Science organization, a unity which members are equipped to prove in the very face of temptation to indulge the dissensions of mortal mind.
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With the exception of the office of the Treasurer and that of the Trustees for Gifts and Endowments, The Mother Church offices, located temporarily at 80 Hemenway Street, are now removed to their permanent location in The Mother Church Administration Building at 107 Falmouth Street.
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The General Activities Meeting to be held in The Mother Church on the evening of June 5, 1934, will be reported in the Sentinel for June 30.
I should like to give this testimony out of a heart filled with gratitude to God and to Mary Baker Eddy.
About eighteen years ago I attended my first Christian Science service.
It is with a heart filled with gratitude to God, the Father-Mother of us all, that I wish to testify to the positive answers to prayer that we receive in Christian Science.
Although my gratitude to Christian Science is boundless, I wish to express a measure of it in a testimony for others to share.
Seven years ago I turned to Christian Science after all material remedies had failed to bring me health.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I tell of the many blessings brought into my life through the study and application of Christian Science.
I should like to express gratitude for the wonderful peace which has come to me through the study of Christian Science.
In the year 1913, after I had had thirty years of trouble and was gradually going blind, I finally broke down, realizing that drugs and my friends, the doctors, had no help for me.
Through many vicissitudes Christian Science has been my constant companion and protection, always bringing me out on top.
I will
rest in quietness, not doubting or complaining,If it is Thy will that I should wait beside the way;Or I will go if Love directs, although the path be narrow,Although the stones may bruise my heel, my footsteps willnot stray;
