September 29, 1934
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Jesus
' use of parable to drive home a fundamental truth was most effective.
A HOUSEWIFE
described the performance of her laundry duties on one hot summer day by saying, "As I worked, I sang to myself a song from the Christian Science Hymnal:
STUDENTS
of Christian Science may sometimes feel that because of a lack of educational advantages in their earlier years they are hampered in their efforts to grasp and apply the teachings of Christian Science.
A MODERN
translator gives the thirtieth verse of the twenty-second chapter of II Samuel thus: "By thy help I can face a troop, by God's help I can leap a wall.
As sings the lark on upward wing,Trilling his joy for all to hear,So would I sing, my Lord and King,Of all Thy love and care.
A correspondent writing in a recent issue of your paper says that the teachings of Christian Science are different from those of the Bible.
In a recent issue of the Press appeared a summarized report of a sermon.
I shall be glad if you will allow me space to correct a brief but important reference to Christian Science contained in the last paragraph of a letter appearing in your issue of Thursday.
Christian Science
sets a great task before mankind, namely, the overcoming of material sense, with its attendant false sense of a material selfhood.
Those
who mistakenly believe that Christian Science is merely a mental method of healing the sick will learn that such a belief is erroneous, and also will see something of the great demand and broad application of this religion indicated in Mrs.
Article
At all times the privilege of applying for membership in The Mother Church is open, and application blanks and information are readily supplied by the Clerk of The Mother Church, by the clerks of the branch churches, by the librarians of branch church Reading Rooms, and by practitioners and teachers of Christian Science.
I have received much help from the reading of testimonies in the Sentinel and Journal and should like at this time to give thanks and express gratitude for healings received through the study and application of Christian Science.
For over twenty years Christian Science has been my only physician and comforter.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude for what Christian Science has brought into our home that I write this testimony.
Twelve years ago I was asked to attend a Christian Science church meeting.
My first proof of the truth of Christian Science was the instantaneous healing of an internal trouble for which years of medical treatment, including a minor operation, had brought little relief.
My first healing occurred many years ago, at which time Christian Science was little heard of in my home town, and previous to this time I had only heard it ridiculed.
Over twenty years ago I became interested in Christian Science, not because of any thought that healing was needed, but rather because of the hope that God might be explained in an understandable and acceptable way.
Christian Science was brought to my notice about ten years ago, when I was most desirous of finding a Sunday school for my children.
I am grateful that upon my first hearing of Christian Science I accepted it as the truth.
A very convincing proof of the power of God to heal the sick was seen in our home about seven years ago.
