If
the self-sacrifice and giving which characterized Christ Jesus provided the example which led to the exchanging of gifts at Christmas time, it is evident that there has been a sad lowering of thought in connection with Christmas giving.
Oppressed
by the sense of hurry and worry which sometimes accompanies the customary observance of the Christmas season, Christian Scientists may find comfort and inspiration in the words which our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, addressed to her household at Brookline, Massachusetts, on Christmas Day, 1909.
William James Huckerby, former Committee on Publication for Warwickshire, England,
Under the heading, "Four Serious Evils in Christian Science," you quote extracts from a pamphlet which purports to examine the claims of Christian Science.
Percival Vincett Parsons, Committee on Publication for the Cape Province, South Africa,
In a recent issue a missionary is stated to have said: "We differ from the Christian Scientists in that we admit there is sickness," and as this remark is misleading to your readers concerning the attitude of Christian Science towards sickness, I ask space for its correction.
The
Judean hills still stand immovable,As on the night that stranger star appeared,And a triumphal angel host declaredThe advent of a Prince to Israel.
with contributions from The Christian Science Board of Directors
The circulation and use of handwritten or typewritten papers containing copies of articles, letters, or sayings attributed to the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, has decreased to a gratifying extent in the last few years.
I had been an ardent student of Christian Science for nearly ten years before an opportunity arose to test its healing power, although up to that time I had enjoyed its protection and was grateful for the good I had received from its study.
While I was taking a physical examination in Chicago in 1929, which had as its aim my being placed on the retired list of the United States Army, the surgeons discovered that I was in an advanced stage of Bright's disease.
I took up the study of Christian Science twenty years ago for the healing of a very severe condition of valvular heart trouble which had caused me much pain from childhood.
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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