IN
Boston, Massachusetts, there stands The Mother Church, "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, our prayer in stone," which, its Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, said, "will be the prophecy fulfilled, the monument upreared, of Christian Science".
WHEN
viewed in the light which Christian Science throws on the Scriptures, our Master's parable of the rich man and Lazarus, related in Luke's Gospel, is a valuable help to the pilgrim steadfastly pursuing his way from sense to Soul.
To Shakespeare, the writer of those lines, ingratitude apparently suggested something cold, hard, and unyielding, causing all that comes within its radius to wither, or become inert and stagnant.
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his parable of the good Samaritan the Master set before a waiting world an illuminating example of impartial and unselfed love, expressed by one who gave freely and expected nothing in return.
I came
to Love, to beg a daily rate:A little meal, ah, just a little oil;And planned to give, from early morn till late,Full recompense, with uncomplaining toil.
Mrs. Florence S. Smith, former Committee on Publication for Queensland, Australia,
In your issue of May 23, under the heading "English Bishop says Pacifism is Anti-Christian," the reverend gentleman is reported to have said that pacifism is "as blasphemous as is Christian Science, which prays for bodily health without having recourse to the means God has given us for the cure of the body.
Services are now being conducted at regular stated intervals in the following state institutions: State Prison at Trenton, the State Prison Farm near Bordentown, and the State Prison Farm near Leesburg in Cape May County, State Reformatory at Rahway, State Reformatory at Annandale, and the State Hospital for the Insane at Greystone Park.
with contributions from The Christian Science Board of Directors
Until further notice, the Literature Distribution Committee of The Mother Church will receive from the Field contributions of current or noncurrent periodicals and new or used books to send to branch churches and societies in Germany.
From the time I was a little child I went to a Christian Science Sunday School, but not until I was older did I really begin to know what Christian Science is.
"To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings," read the opening words of the Preface to the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
What a wonderful sense of peace and harmony one receives in the study and pursuit of Christian Science! Living its rules by holding oneself subservient to the laws of God, as is so plainly taught in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, one begins to see manifest the power of these laws.
When I took up the study of Christian Science my outlook on life was a very confused and fearful one; a great sorrow had come to me and life did not appear to be worth living.
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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