January 18, 1936
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From
the time the student of Christian Science recognizes something of man's real being as God's idea, an open highway stretches out before him; and as he steps forth he quickly realizes that infinite possibilities lie ahead, and that already some of the many limitations and restrictions of mortal thought are beginning to drop away.
A Story
is told of a mother whose son had enlisted for service with the colors.
The
Christian Scientist cannot be too ready to express his gratitude to the devoted and conscientious workers who have helped him to gain a better understanding of his true being.
In
explaining to his disciples the parable of the tares and the wheat, as recorded in the thirteenth chapter of Matthew's Gospel, Christ Jesus told them that the harvest symbolized "the end of the world.
This stanza from a beautiful poem in the Christian Science Hymnal call to duty every loyal Christian Scientist to pray for peace—pray without ceasing—"till all the world knows peace.
The
world presents a gloomy picture when viewed through the distorting lens of material sense.
O patient
toiler in the Master's vineyardPursue thy way,Rejoicing ever in thy holy missionEach glad new day.
From Letters, Substantially as Published
Your issue of February 18, 1935, carried a report of a sermon in which a minister is quoted as making some criticism of Christian Science.
Your correspondent takes exception to a Christian Science lecturer's remark that illness is a mistaken belief.
The
words of the Psalmist in the fourteenth verse of the nineteenth Psalm set forth the earnest desire of the humble: "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
The
waking thought of every individual may well be, What most concerns me today?
Article
The Mother Church has for some time used the radio to send out on the air some of its services, lectures, and other programs, but only recently took up the use of the short wave.
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"Glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was".
In 1921 I first became interested in Christian Science.
Christian Science came to our home during my early childhood, through the need of my mother, who was pronounced incurable with a cancerous growth.
I am very grateful that I found Christian Science a number of years ago, as I feel that it has entirely changed my outlook on life.
When I was a young man in my teens, a member of our family brought to our home the first mention I had heard of Christian Science.
My gratitude for Christian Science increases as my study of this subject unfolds more of the beauty and grandeur of its operation.
Twenty years ago I was an active, happy worker in a church of another denomination, and little thought that I should ever leave it.
God is always blessing us, and this has been proved to me in my own experience, for His law has operated to unfold much good to me.
I wish to express my gratitude to God for Christian Science.
I wish to express my gratitude for a very beautiful healing of a mastoid abscess, which came to our daughter when she was eight years old.
It is with gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me that I write this testimony.
[Robert Hutchings, President of the University of Chicago, in an address to the graduating class, as quoted in the Daily Journal, Antigo, Wisconsin]
