Usually,
Christian Scientists make practical use of their religion to meet the claims of discord; but sometimes this does not seem to be their method, especially when they are confronted by the problem of unemployment.
At
an Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, one of the speakers in commenting on The Christian Science Monitor enumerated some of the many good things it daily brings to its readers, and added, "Often when in need of healing I find it in the religious article or on the Children's Page.
When
we learn in Christian Science how to live in the present, to expect good in the present, and to look for the solution of all our problems in the present, we gain peace, and our problems begin to be solved.
The
breaking morn, refreshed with sparkling dew;The busy noontide too;And radiant evening, coloring the west,With night, for needful rest,Are not, as heretofore, mere fleeting time,But cycles for sublimeAnd ceaseless thanks to God, wherein to bringOur instant praise, and sing!For now, unfolding to our inward sightBy Scripture's unlocked light,Is seen a nobler man, gracious and kind,Likeness of perfect Mind,Reflecting love, joy, goodness, peace, and health—Spirit's unfailing wealth!In man's glad sonship, then, let us rejoiceWith heart and ampler voice,And thanks unceasing to the Father giveIn whom we ever live.
Mrs. Ethel Parker, Committee on Publication for Cheshire, England,
I respect the evident desire of your correspondent "Anti-Humbug" to arrive at a clear statement of facts regarding the Christian Science organization and its Founder, Mary Baker Eddy.
B. Howard Grigsby, Committee on Publication for Ceylon,
In an article entitled "Dead for an Hour" in this week's issue of your Sunday paper, a doctor refers to Christian Science and quotes "faith without works is dead," suggesting that this passage advocates the necessity of combining faith with material methods of healing.
Richard H. Smith, Committee on Publication for the State of Montana,
It is a mistake to describe Christian Science as "mental suggestion" and "faith-healing," or to limit its healings to mental diseases caused by hysteria, or to characterize it as a cult.
Materially-Minded
men may dubiously deny and dispute the declaration that there is available to mankind the Science of liberty, by means of which the fetters of fear, disease, poverty, sin, and discord may be both broken and banished.
Christian Scientists
give supreme place to spiritual inquiry, and by this method see beyond the enigma of material existence and find healing for its discords.
with contributions from Grace Evelyn Sherwood, Nina Ely Scribner, Florence C. La Frenaye, Llewellyn C. F. Mathieson, Carrie Pattison, Ethel B. Bee, Frank A. Petrie
In April, 1931, I was spending a holiday at home with my parents, and they told me of Christian Science, with which they had recently become acquainted.
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with contributions from Grace Evelyn Sherwood, Nina Ely Scribner, Florence C. La Frenaye, Llewellyn C. F. Mathieson, Carrie Pattison, Ethel B. Bee, Frank A. Petrie