To
many the word "adventure" wakens desire often tinged with regret that adventure is a thing of the past; that there are now no undiscovered countries.
Mary Baker Eddy,
the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, presents a short "Historical Sketch" of the founding of the Church of Christ, Scientist, on <a class="tome-reference"
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Nehemiah's
reply to his enemies, who by insidious suggestions were trying to persuade him to leave his work of building the wall of Jerusalem, is well known and often quoted by students of the Bible.
If
a person were to find himself the possessor of a counterfeit dollar, would he endeavor to improve it and make it into a genuine one in order to use it?
Francis Lyster Jandron, former Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
In his reply to a correspondent in your November 16 issue a doctor mistakenly infers that Christian Scientists attempt to treat disease by forgetting or ignoring it.
Leslie Burn Andreae, Committee on Publication for Norfolk, England,
In your today's issue a clergyman, referring to the recently established Church of Healing in Brighton, is reported as having said that "spiritual healing had no relation to Christian Science nor to spiritualistic healing.
C. Shelton Agar, Committee on Publication for Natal, South Africa,
In his letter referring to the apathy of the churches towards the present locust invasion and to the need for divine help, which appeared in your Friday's issue, your correspondent, "A Sinner," brings home to many thinking men and women a vital duty propounded by Christ Jesus when he said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God.
Oh,
that our sons may be as stalwart as treesPlanted beside the river's verdant brim;As trees whose boughs shall never lose their leaves,Whose roots reach deep into the living stream.
What
a truth it is which the Bible and Christian Science reveal, that God is Love, Love without limit—infinite! When we think of it we are filled with wonderment.
A large amount of praise comes at intervals for The Christian Science Monitor; criticism, also, is received from those who differ from what they believe to be its policy.
The Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy announce the publication of a new volume containing seven Messages to The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy, which appear in several of the shorter writings and in Prose Works.
About twenty-three years ago, at the invitation of a member of our household who had just received a very beautiful healing, I attended for the first time a Wednesday evening testimony meeting in a Christian Science church.
Iva B. Linebarger
with contributions from John A. Linebarger
Seven years before I became a student of Christian Science and had my first healing, I became interested in it because of a friend's explanation of its views on life, and I decided to purchase Science and Health by Mrs.
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