August 8, 1936
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When
Christ Jesus sent forth his students on a healing mission, he commanded them to preach the gospel of the kingdom of heaven and to heal the sick.
There
is hardly to be found anywhere in the Old Testament a more comforting and encouraging group of admonitions than that in the fifty-forth chapter of Isaiah.
Many
, the world over, are reaching out for perfection in various arts; in music, in manufacture, in invention; and each one knows that only as he persistently reaches towards perfection can his goal of achievement be won.
Students
of Christian Science may well ponder the Apostle Peter's admonition, "Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you.
Those
who are at school and college sometimes have difficulty in realizing the impartiality of God to His children.
Man
does not live unto himself alone,In consciousness divine he acts and moves,Nor hates, nor fears, but hears God's Word—and loves.
My attention has been called to an article in the Medford Mail Tribune of December 16, which mentions Christian Science in a misleading manner and places its Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, in an untrue light.
In the inspired record of the creation in the first chapter of Genesis—in opposition to the material story of creation, beginning in the second chapter—man is revealed as having dominion.
In reply to "Nonconformist," writing in your issue of July 13 [1935], let me say that anyone who understands the teachings of Christian Science sufficiently to demonstrate or prove them to be true, can see at once when another does not understand them.
Listing what are termed "other kindred methods" of healing which should not be superficially condemned, your correspondent, "Successful Quack," in your issue of May 24 [1935], mentions Christian Science along with magnetism, suggestion, dieting, hygiene, and so on.
Dear
Father, wheresoe'er Thou artThere I must be,As sunbeam to the glowing sunAm I to Thee.
German-speaking Switzerland.
A contributor
to a well-known secular magazine of recent date argues that asserted lack of interest in orthodox Christianity is due to the fact that Christian ministers are failing practically to help members of their congregations to solve their problems—social, economic, domestic, and so forth.
Perhaps
no factor in daily experience is so conspicuous as that of judgment, whether in home, business, or social life, national or international relations.
I wish to express my deep gratitude for Christian Science and for all it has done for me and for all mankind.
I have been so wonderfully blessed by the testimonies which I have read in the Christian Science periodicals that I feel it my duty and privilege to add this testimony.
About six years ago I was a broken woman, physically and mentally.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude for Christian Science that I give this testimony.
I came to Christian Science for a healing of grief, and when I was able to let go of much self-pity, hurt pride, and resentment, the healing came.
The acceptance of Christian Science has so enriched my life and brought me such untold blessings that I am impelled to share my experience with others.
I should like to express my gratitude for the love and protection which the understanding of Christian Science has brought to me, and to tell of an experience in which Christian Science was great great help.
About four years ago I experienced a healing which beautifully illustrated and demonstrated the truth revealed in Christian Science.
I can no longer refrain from expressing gratitude for healings experienced as a result of the application of the teachings of Christian Science, as taught by our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, through Science and Health and her other writings.
