November 30, 1935
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There
is a cartoon by Blake in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, which is remarkable both for the artist and the metaphysician.
In
a suit of law, the party against whom a verdict has been rendered by the jury may resort to what is called a motion for judgment non obstante veredicto.
These lines, learned as a child in a Sunday school, and always remembered, came to their full meaning only when the learner had found in Christian Science the way to think aright.
It
is not, as a rule, the mere personal effort which helps those with whom we come in contact, as much as the spontaneous reflection, the warmth and sweetness, of Love, manifested in small services.
One
February, a friend sent a valentine to a boy, who at the time seemed to be sick.
At
dawn, the tired world not yet awake,I rose and sought the quiet water's edge;And on the placid surface of the lakeEach purple ridge, each cliff and rocky ledge,Each silent cedar, pine, and paling starReflected lay, and imaged forth, sereneAnd still—no breeze to ruffle or to marThe calm and beauty of the encircling scene.
Christian Science is the religion of Christ Jesus and includes the practice by its adherents of the healing work which marked the earthly career of the Founder of Christianity, and which he promised his followers would likewise do in destroying sickness as well as sin.
In the Telegraph of September 29 reference was made to Christian Science, your correspondent classing it with spiritualism.
Your correspondent quotes from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, "Man is incapable of sin, sickness, and death.
It is a pleasure to report that nothing unfriendly to Christian Science has been noted in the local newspapers, although the three English dailies have been covered for the entire year.
"Call
no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Mortals
in all ages have hopefully sought that state which is referred to as the heavenly state, or the kingdom of heaven.
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Applications for admission to membership in The Mother Church may be sent to the Clerk at any time throughout the year.
Before I became interested in Christian Science, I visited churches of all denominations, but I could not seem to gain any understanding of God.
I should like to express my deepest gratitude for the healing power of Christian Science.
Eighteen years ago, when in distress about a bodily condition, and afraid of an operation which seemed unavoidable, I was reminded by a friend that instead of rushing headlong into an operation it might be wiser to look into Christian Science.
In appreciation of the years during which I have received blessings through Christian Science, and in great gratitude for the many proofs I have had of the operation of God's law of good in times of sickness and distress, I send this testimony.
Over four years ago I had a severe nervous breakdown.
For twenty years Christian Science has brought me peace, comfort, and healing; increasingly so, when I have learned to see and understand that the time spent in the working out of problems is a growing time, which adds to my store of blessings.
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I did not come into Christian Science for a physical healing.
In gratitude to God for the ways which He has used to bring humanity out of material mists into an understanding of Himself, and for the blessings which I have received from some understanding of Him, I wish to give this testimony.
Christian Science has proved such a great blessing to me that I want to express some of my gratitude for its daily comfort and help.
O heart
of mine, be still!Thy God is here;In all His holy willThere's nought to fear.
