Among
the innumerable blessings and benefits which Christian Science brings to humanity, perhaps the greatest is the gradual but certain transformation of the human character, by which the grosser elements are lost, while all that is fine, noble, grand, and enduring, remains because it is related to God, good.
It
has been aptly said that the seven units of time, namely, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, constitute seven great fears of mankind.
What
a burden is lifted from the human heart when sickness is discovered to be not the true condition of man, but a mistaken belief concerning God's spiritual, perfect man.
While
reading the narrative of Noah and his sons, contained in the ninth chapter of Genesis, a student was impressed by the difference in the attitude of one son and that of his two brothers in respect to the father's sin.
Upon
entering a university, a young student of Christian Science found a Christian Science organization and wondered why it was needed when a short distance from the campus there was a Christian Science church and also a Reading Room.
Miss Ethel Walters, Committee on Publication for Dorset, England,
In your issue of January 21 there appears a letter containing extracts from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and in order to remove any misunderstanding there might be in the minds of your readers, I shall be glad if you will kindly insert this reply.
A correction by Israel Pickens, Committee on Publication for Alabama, read over Station WMFO,
To the criticism that "Christian Science is neither Science nor Christian," there comes the query as to what is Science and what constitutes being Christian.
James W. Fulton, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada,
According to a press despatch which appeared in the Globe and Mail recently during a debate in the Federal House, one of the members inferred that "Christian Scientists refuse to use the means the Lord has given us to cure our ailments.
Dear
Father, lift our eyes that we may seeThe light that shines above each downcast head;Give us the strength to live the truth we know,To help each other on the path we tread.
With a heart filled with gratitude I should like to express my appreciation for all the good received by me and mine from the study and application of Christian Science.
When I was a small child, a copy of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, was sent to our home by my grandmother, who, through Christian Science treatment, had been healed very quickly of a severe internal difficulty pronounced incurable by the physicians.
Leslie Burn Andreae
with contributions from Muriel S. Andreae
It has long been my desire to send a testimony to our periodicals in order to put into words something of the gratitude I feel for Christian Science and all it stands for.
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