ON
a certain occasion when avarice and greed seemed to be manifest, when many seemed to be grasping and striving to gain personal ends at the expense of others, an observer was reminded of Jesus' comment as he wept over Jerusalem, "O Jerusalem,.
FRIENDSHIP!
How often is this word on the lips of mankind! Throughout the ages poets have sung of the joys of friendship, essayists have covered pages with profound observations on the subject, and millions, less articulate, have tried to express in broken sentences and fervent handclasps their appreciation of the blessings of friendship.
INDIVIDUALS
may aspire, diplomats confer, governments make treaties, and international machinery be set up to avoid war between nations, but it remains for Christian Science to present the means for obliterating this scourge of mankind, as indeed all the ills that beset it.
A TEACHER
in a Christian Science Sunday School had pointed out to her pupils that in many cases of healing which he accomplished, Jesus demanded a sign of activity.
WHEN
in sincere desire for truth and goodWe break with love the ground of hardened thought,Lay the foundation of enlightened faith,Place stone on stone of constant gratitude,Crowning the structure with a steadfast joy,Furnishing it with peace and quiet prayer—When in our consciousness we do these things,Then do we build and consecrate our church.
At a session recently held by the Georgia Medical Association in Augusta, a doctor is reported as having attacked "quacks and practitioners of the healing art who yearly are turning millions of dollars away from the medical profession and doing their patients no good.
C. Shelton Agar, Committee on Publication for Natal, South Africa,
The purpose of my recent letter was, first, to remove any misunderstanding regarding Christian Science prayer and the conveying of suggestions to a patient, which your correspondent understood was being used; and, secondly, to point out that Christian Science healing is not demonstrated through hypnotism, mesmerism, or any form of necromancy.
Alfred E. F. Court, Committee on Publication for the North Island, New Zealand,
In a recent issue of the Post I noticed the report of an address in the course of which a doctor dealing with unorthodox healing agencies, amongst which he included Christian Science, is alleged to have remarked that "one feature all these unorthodox methods had in common, they utilized suggestion.
Robert Ramsey, Committee on Publication for Lanarkshire, Scotland,
In the Glasgow Herald, under the heading "Women's Topics," a statement was made which, no doubt quite unintentionally, gave a wrong impression of Christian Science.
IN
his Sermon on the Mount Jesus uttered the words, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
has revealed the unity of good on the basis of one infinite Mind, God, and it is for Christian Scientists to demonstrate this unity individually and collectively.
I have received so many blessings from Christian Science that I have desired for a long time to give some expression to the gratitude which is in my heart for its Discoverer and Founder.
Christian Science literature had often been brought to our home, but I would always send it back without reading it, telling my husband that I did not want anything to do with that religion.
In January, 1921, I was suffering very much physically, and one day, when in a very discouraged state of thought, I decided to leave my work and endeavor to regain my health.
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