August 18, 1934
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Good
will is God's will manifested, divine Love reflected, in the kindly affection that brings heaven, harmony, to human relationships on earth.
A very
young student of Christian Science had just joined The Mother Church.
Just
now the world in general is seeking for the courage to press on, in spite of setbacks, in spite of discouraging circumstances.
To
judge from contemporary writings, the problems which beset the upbringing of children seem, to many parents, increasingly difficult to solve.
Now
this is the story of the little gray twig that lay at the foot of the forsythia bush on the cold gray earth.
There
is no fear in that deep tenderness,That vast enfolding peace whose source is Love;No cause for fear, e'en in the wildernessOf time and space.
Certain statements regarding the religion of Christian Science published in your issue of May 24 were based on misapprehension.
In the last weekly article under "Health Hints," your medical correspondent confines his remarks to a eulogy of the work of a certain doctor.
While I have no desire to enter into a controversy with persons who disagree with the teachings of Christian Science, yet I feel it my duty to reply to certain statements made by a writer in the Register, in an article entitled, "The Christian Science Discussion.
Your issue of April 9 contained a reference to a letter by a rector in his April parish magazine.
I will
restore to you the wasted years;The ravages of time, disease, and wantShall fade from thought.
The
student of Christian Science does not pursue his study long before he becomes aware of the absoluteness of the idealism which it teaches.
That
God's law of harmony, right activity, and perfect control is ever operative and available has been proved since early Bible times.
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An analogy might be drawn between the supplying of human need through Monitor advertising and supplying it through Mrs.
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When sending a change of address, the following points should always be included in the request: New address; old address; name of each periodical subscribed for.
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"Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it".
With a deep sense of gratitude I desire to testify to the healing efficacy of Christian Science.
So great a number of blessings, so many evidences of God's tender love, protection, guidance, and healing, have been bestowed upon me that it becomes difficult to select a single experience in Christian Science and say, "This means the most to me.
I am indeed grateful for the good that an understanding of Christian Science has given me.
About four years ago my ten-year-old daughter, who was at a boarding school, fell seriously ill several times in one year, so that the doctors recommended that I take her home for private lessons, in order that I might watch over her health more carefully.
My gratitude to Christian Science for all it has done for me is my motive in writing this testimony.
In the hope of encouraging someone who is having a slow healing, I should like to testify to the healing which our small son had some time ago.
My heart goes out in gratitude to one who, many years ago, when I entered her home to nurse another in my capacity as a medical nurse, was not afraid to leave Christian Science literature about.
As a boy in San Francisco during the earthquake and fire of 1906, and later when enlisted in the World War, although at a loss to account for the seeming evil, I entertained one thought constantly—that a good God could not know of, or have anything to do with, such catastrophes.
Innumerable blessings have come to me during the last twenty-three years through the application of the teachings of Christian Science.
When quite a young girl, I left home because of resentment toward a member of my family.
I cannot
doubt, my loving Father leads,And frees my path from thorns and tangled weeds.
