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Extracts from Reports of Christian Science Committees on Publication
Im March [1936], a religious paper opened one of its periodic attacks on Christian Science, and on this occasion the shafts were directed mainly against the life and character of Mrs. Eddy. So far it has not been possible to persuade the editor of this paper to publish my replies, but I was gratified to find that he published a letter from one who, I understand holds a responsible position in the denomination represented by the periodical in question. In that letter the writer took strong exception to the unfair attack; he made it clear that he is not a Christian Scientist, but likes to think that he is "a seeker after truth and a lover of fair play." He added: "I have some very good friends to whom her [Mrs. Eddy's] teaching has meant freedom from fear, conquest of pain and sickness, new hope, new joy, and new understanding of God ... I, for one, cannot believe that they are followers of a hypocrite." This letter evoked a further bitter attack, to which our friend replied, and the concluding paragraph of his letter read: "I think it ought to be our general principle as Christian Advocates to study the good in others and the bad in ourselves. Dr. sees only the tares in Christian Science. I claim to see the wheat, and my only plea is fair play, the attitude of Jesus himself—'let both grow together until the harvest.' There will be a glorious bonfire of chaff some day and it won't be all in other people's gardens."
A request was received from a local group of Toc H for an address on Christian Science, and permission was obtained from The Christian Science Board of Directors. The address was given, and eleven members of the group were present. After the usual Toc H formalities had been gone through, we gathered round the fireside, and I was called upon to proceed. The reading was listened to with keen interest, and at its conclusion I was asked to relate some of my experiences in Christian Science. A very friendly attitude was manifested by the listeners.
More than five hundred newspapers are published in Kansas, and in these only three articles with unfavorable references to either Christian Science or Mrs. Eddy were brought to my attention during the year. We have much to be grateful for because of this friendly attitude of the press in Kansas toward Christian Science.
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March 6, 1937 issue
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"The grand necessity of existence"
MARIAN GREGG
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"As willows by the water courses"
ALBERT F. ENGEL
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Stillness
AGNES MAC MILLAN
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"Faithful over a few things"
GASTON CHERRIÈRE
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Kindliness
MAYSIE GARRATT
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The Meaning of Life
HERMANN GOTTSCHALK
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Reflecting God
CONSTANCE HEWARD
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A Song
IDA FULLER MOORE
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A letter in your issue of January 7 has just come to my...
Col. Robert E. Key, Distrct Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
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I will appreciate the editorial courtesy of your columns...
Roy G. Watson, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
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In your issue of July 6 [1936], in a published report of a...
William A. Gilchrist, Committee on Publication for the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada,
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Love Is with You
GRACE F. SNYDER
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From a letter dated 1886
MARY BAKER EDDY
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Neutrality
George Shaw Cook
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One Perfect Heritage
Violet Ker Seymer
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Notices
with contributions from Frank Bell, James G. Rowell, Hermann S. Hering, John Ellis Sedman, Peter V. Ross, John M. Tutt
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The Lectures
with contributions from Roy Cochrane
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About thirteen years ago I changed my work
Warren A. Rix
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I want to express my gratitude to God for all the blessings...
Iliana Gumaelius with contributions from Birgit Gumaelius
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"Many years ago the author made a spiritual discovery,...
Jeunesse Butler
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Permit me to tell of some of the good that Christian Science...
Isabelle Agnes MacKenzie with contributions from Elizabeth MacKenzie
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To those of us who have been enjoying the benefits which...
Henrietta C. Sanders
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It was not from any physical need that I became interested...
Ethel Gardner McKain
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A Prayer
RUTH C. FORTSON
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Frank C. Williams, Amos R. Wells, Frank M. Selover, Daniel H. Kress, Lloyd H. Nixon, Ira Goldhawk