August 31, 1935
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"O give
thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
The
praiseworthy efforts made almost everywhere in the world to spin the economic and social machine at its former speed seem not to have been very effective.
The
student of Christian Science early learns that to put Truth first is wisdom and brings manifold blessings.
In
the leading editorial of the first issue of The Christian Science Monitor its Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, enunciated the policy of the new publication in a brief statement.
The
master Metaphysician, when once asked by a Pharisee who was a lawyer, "Which is the great commandment in the law?
At
the Wednesday testimony meetings and the annual Thanksgiving Day services in Christian Science churches those who have been healed by the understanding of God's law, as revealed by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, spontaneously express their gratitude.
Almost
anyone, if presented with a plot of land, tools, and seeds, would set to work at once digging the ground, planting the seeds, and then cultivating the plants as they grew, until he had coverted the plot into a beautiful garden.
Not
what we want, dear Lord, but what we needTo raise our thoughts above earth's mists and storms;All that we need to fortify our home,To make a shelter, whence Thy sheep to feed,For this we pray.
In reply to your correspondent "Veritas" I would say it is a recognized fact today that Mary Baker Eddy is the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and that her book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," has healed and is healing every known disease, redeeming the sinner, and binding up the broken-hearted.
In your issue of February 28, under the heading "Missionary Society," you carried the following statement: "Mrs.
In your issue of October 12 a clergyman criticizes Christian Science, which it is obvious he has not studied.
On at least three occasions during the past year newspapermen have communicated with this office asking for information and pictures of our different institutions.
The
great majority of men are still deeply asleep regarding the goodness of God.
It
has been said, and truly, that a man's reputation is what others believe him to be, and his character what he actually is.
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Last June a contributor to the Reconstruction and Furnishing Fund, one who has been close to all of the enterprises of the past five years, wrote The Christian Science Board of Directors:
I should like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for the blessing which Christian Science has been to me.
Christian Science came to me in an hour of great darkness, when I was without hope "and without God in the world.
That "man's extremity is God's opportunity" was proved to be true when my head and shoulder were badly injured as a result of a window shutter falling from the second story of a house.
After more than twenty-two years of testing I have found Christian Science to be absolutely correct in every way.
Through gratitude to God and to Mrs.
Thirty-two years ago Christian Science was presented to me for the healing of my son of kidney trouble, but I was not ready to be obedient to the loving aid that was awaiting me.
For the past seven years Christian Science has been the only physician for our four children and me.
It is with much gratitude that I testify to the healing power of Christian Science.
Out of my deep gratitude for the great blessing of Christian Science, I desire to give this testimony that it may help others.
May
the love of God, our Father,Enter into all our labors,Guide our motives, bless our actions,Penetrate our inmost thinkingWith its purity and sweetness;May its comfort and compassionBe with us all.
