To
most people the thought of law implies restriction, when instead we should at least think of law as protection; and as we gain a clearer sense of the infinite Lawgiver, divine Mind, we shall understand that obedience to God's law brings freedom at all times and under all circumstances.
Any
uncertainty as to the meaning of spirituality and any possible lack of interest in it disappear naturally through the understanding of Christian Science.
In
that great spiritual record, the Bible, we find many instances of the obstinate desire of mortals to be ruled only by material beliefs, and of their resistance to spiritual guidance.
Yes,
they are changed—How kindly do they speak;The crippled beggar stands erectSince they have passed,And surely, yonder blind manIs gazing toward the mountain—seeing!
Alfred Johnson, former Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
In your issue of the fourth instant you published an extract from Truth headed, "Christian Science and the law," which stated that the position of Christian Scientists in regard to the law was somewhat equivocal.
Meinrad Schnewlin, Committee on Publication for German-speaking Switzerland,
The writer of the article "Church Review" in the Oberländisches Volksblatt says that there is much controversy about the character of Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder of Christian Science, but that the truth of all that has been said about her lies somewhere on middle ground.
William Wallace Porter, Committee on Publication for New York,
From a letter that appeared in your issue of September 19, it might be deduced that Christian Science is derived from the non-Christian religions of the Orient.
Profound gratitude for Christian Science impels me to offer the following testimony in the hope of blessing others as I have been blessed through our periodicals.
How differently I think of things since I became a student of Christian Science! In my old way of thinking, values were all more or less on a purely material basis.
If I did not give a written statement of gratitude for Christian Science, I should feel I was ignoring the words of the Psalmist, who says, "I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people," and, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.
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