Contrary
to the general opinion of the world, Christian Science reveals incontrovertibly that man lives in a spiritually mental realm, "an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Our
beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, from the depth of her understanding and the height of her great spirituality, repeatedly admonishes us to be spiritually alert.
In
his epistle to the Romans, Paul says, "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and jointheirs with Christ.
The
"scientific sense of being, forsaking matter for Spirit," Mary Baker Eddy assures us, "by no means suggests man's absorption into Deity and the loss of his identity, but confers upon man enlarged individuality, a wider sphere of thought and action, a more expansive love, a higher and more permanent peace".
Aaron E. Brandt, Committee on Publication for the State of Pennsylvania,
In your issue of April 1, a staff correspondent of the United Press reviews a bulletin of the "Associates of the Science of Society at Yale," and makes the statement, "Records of miraculous cures of saints and prophets, Christian Science and Coueism, are just beginning to find scientific explanation in psychiatry and psychoanalysis.
Leslie Burn Andreae, Committee on Publication for Norfolk, England,
Your correspondent, in today's Eastern Daily Press, shows concern that no challenge has been made by Christian Scientists to the statement in a recent lecture that "there is no authentic evidence to show that faith can cure organic disease.
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
Recently, in a public address in North Long Beach, a speaker described the fantastic Winchester house in San Jose, California, and mistakenly associated with it the name of Mary Baker Eddy.
After
Daniel had come forth unharmed from the lions' den, King Darius, marveling at the deliverance, said of God, whom Daniel worshiped and obeyed, "He is the living God, and stedfast for ever".
It
is evident from the context that when Jesus said to his disciples, "The poor always ye have with you," he was referring to the so-called poverty-stricken class.
Occasionally reports are received that in some communities in the Field, literature distribution boxes give the appearance of being neglected, by being allowed to remain empty over long periods, or by allowing the literature to remain in the boxes after it has become soiled and untidy.
Correspondents with The Christian Science Board of Directors and with the Clerk and Treasurer of The Mother Church, and with heads of departments of The Mother Church Offices, are requested always to place their addresses on their letters and to write their signatures plainly.
Ida E. Weems
with contributions from Edmund L. Weems
After about eleven years of experiencing God's great goodness to His beloved children, and with a heart overflowing with gratitude, I write this testimony.
Christian Science was first presented to me by a lady whom I met at a summer hotel, who, seeing my need, told me something of its truths, and of healings in her own family.
In former years I had the habit of smoking while reading or writing When, however, I began to study earnestly "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, something about my previous concept of smoking seemed to be awry.
The Tenets of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, for the use of branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, are printed on sheets containing space for adding the application forms for membership in branch organizations, or extracts from their by-laws.
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