Although
the average person may rarely think about identification, everybody appears to be identifying himself nearly all the time with one thing or another; and this goes on even when one is dreaming while asleep.
Mary Baker Eddy,
Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," after quoting Paul's words, "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation," interprets them as follows.
Our
beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in reply to greetings sent to her on one occasion by the ushers of The Mother Church, thanked them for "ushering into our church the hearers and the doers of God's Word".
Raymond N. Harley, Committee on Publication for Transvaal, South Africa,
Through years of insult, misrepresentation, and vituperation, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, remained calm and unruffled in the consciousness of the truth which she had discovered and in her faith in the general acceptance of her discovery.
Gordon William Flower, Committee on Publication for Gloucestershire, England,
In reply to a certain bishop, I would say that an agriculturist who is a student of Christian Science would naturally cultivate his land, sow his seed in the usual way, and confidently expect the normal increase.
The selection of passages from the Bible and from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, for reading at Wednesday evening meetings, is a question which engages the prayerful consideration of First Readers in Christian Science churches and societies throughout the world.
Some years ago I learned of Christian Science through the help which an aunt received from a practitioner, after a noted specialist had told her that medical science could not cure her.
It is with sincere gratitude to God and to our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, and to the practitioners who have so lovingly helped me and mine, that I give this testimony.
Paul writes, "Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Arthur Cole
with contributions from Ada Elizabeth Cole
It is with deepest gratitude that I write this testimony, which I fervently hope may help someone who is seeking Truth, health, and happiness; for my entry into Christian Science has brought all these blessings into my life.
In writing this testimony I sincerely desire to give Christian Science the entire credit for the many blessings that have come into my experience since I started to study the textbook.
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