A STUDENT
of Christian Science, having become a member of The Mother Church and of a branch church, was placed on active duty on a branch church committee.
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to hold a cup of water coolTo lips that thirst for welling drafts of Life,Instead of earth's salt pools of bitternessBrimmed with illusions—This is what I ask,Leaning on strength divine to do my joyful task.
Arthur E. F. Court, Committee on Publication for the North Island, New Zealand,
In a recent issue of the Dominion a correspondent, who signed himself "Tohunga," claimed that the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, contradicts itself when it makes the assertion on <a class="tome-reference"
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Carl Walter Gehring, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio,
In your issue of April 20, 1934, under the caption, "Third in Series," you report a sermon in which the clergyman classifies Christian Science as "delusion"; in fact, as one of the delusions that would possess men's minds as prophesied by Paul.
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
In your issue of April 6, under the head "Atheism," a correspondent mentions certain atheistic theories as giving "rise to widespread belief to myriads of mankind that the Bible is not true," and he includes in his statement a reference to Mrs.
Miss Alice E. Rose, Committee on Publication for Sussex, England,
I feel sure that the statement made by a clergyman that "Christian Scientists do not believe in the reality of pain and of the existence of evil in the world" is due solely to a misunderstanding of the teachings of Christian Science on these points.
DEAR
God, may I, as recompense for Love,Give tithe of tenderness, some kindness show;Help lift some thought to quietness, above!Dear God, may I, as recompense for Love,Thy ever present help to someone prove,That here and now Thy healing waters flow!Dear God, may I, as recompense for Love,Give tithe of tenderness, some kindness show!
In this field a marked change has come over popular opinion as reflected by the press, inasmuch as there has been not one occasion for a corrective letter to be sent for publication.
A Christian Scientist in England, who received a letter from Nairobi, East Africa, telling her of a successful lecture on Christian Science attended by about four hundred people—the first lecture given in that part of the continent—was so overjoyed by the result, and by a definite case of the healing of a man through listening to the lecture by wireless, that she wrote to Boston.
WALTER SHAW
with contributions from EDITH MAY SHAW
For some time the desire has been growing within me to express my gratitude, through the periodicals, for the countless blessings received from the study of Christian Science.
Nineteen years ago I took a business trip to Honolulu and was standed there without money, friends, or work, and was much discouraged; but after attending Sunday services at a Christian Science church I felt new hope within me and found a splendid position the following week.
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