July 4, 1936
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What
peace of thought comes to one as he perceives the impartial nature of God's love! What heartaches have resulted from the feeling that all have not been treated alike by those who give love or good things! Sometimes a child will grow up with a feeling that his parents loved one of his brothers or sisters more than they loved him.
Humanity,
faced with individual, social, national, and international unrest, is seeking the solution of its many problems.
A clarion
call to every Christian Scientist, specific, direct, and unmistakable in its meaning, is found on page 417 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," where its author, Mary Baker Eddy, writes: "Maintain the facts of Christian Science,—that Spirit is God, and therefore cannot be sick; that what is termed matter cannot be sick; that all causation is Mind, acting through spiritual law.
It
is recorded in the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John that a man who for nearly forty years had suffered an infirmity, and who was lying by the pool of Bethesda in discouragement and disappointment, was observed by Jesus.
Sometimes
we are apt to think of holiness as something that does not concern youth, but rather belongs to old age, or to those who have separated themselves from the ordinary affairs of life and dwell apart.
Kindly permit me to correct an erroneous reference to Christian Science which appeared in the Magazine Section of your issue of June 30, 1935, and which has just been brought to my attention.
In Morgenavisen of July 16 there is a review of Lyman P.
There was an allusion to Christian Science in your recent issue, in which your correspondent classed Christian Science with Mormonism and Bolshevism.
In his letter of March 29 your correspondent's first point concerns "the nature of the principle discovered by Mrs.
Honesty and meekness are as inseparable from Christian Science as light from the day.
In
the Bible there are many references to the wisdom, understanding, and power of God.
Any
query regarding environment is scientifically answered by the fact that God, infinite good, is omnipresent, and "there is none else beside him.
My life was one of constant suffering until I heard of Christian Science.
For a long time I have wished to express through the periodicals my gratitude for Christian Science.
During the summer of 1914, while I was living in a sparsely settled region, some Christian Science literature was given me to read.
Six years ago I was a continual sufferer from pain and sickness.
My heart goes out to God for all His mercies; to Christ Jesus, our great Way-shower; and to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, who gave Christian Science to the world.
My study of Christian Science was prompted by a desire to find a way out of a nervous condition.
It is with profound gratitude that I give this testimony.
Recently I had such a beautiful proof of God's care that I should like to share the experience with others.
As one who has been privileged to benefit from the protection and love afforded by the study and application of Christian Science since an early age, I wish to express my gratitude.
I find
Love everywhere;If I cast out a hateful mood,A selfish thought, and look for good,I find Love there.
