August 13, 1938
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The
world is blessed indeed today in that, through Christian Science, the original, real man, as God knows him, has been revealed.
The
love of high ideals and the desire to live by them are common to many, although at times it may seem difficult to see this under the mask of hopelessness, discouragement, and faintheartedness.
To
the teacher in the Christian Science Sunday School, there may come erroneous suggestions regarding this glorious work which he has been called upon to do.
"Testimony
in regard to the healing of the sick is highly important.
A teacher
in a Christian Science Sunday School was once asked by a pupil how one can learn to demonstrate Christian Science.
Why
hear ye not the Master's loving counselWhen burdened sense affirms great is the need?
Trinidad, British West Indies.
A Christian Science period in the "Columbia West Coast Church of the Air" series was radiocast from Station KOIN, Portland, Oregon, on Sunday afternoon, August 7, 1938, at three-thirty o'clock, and had the approval of The Christian Science Board of Directors of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.
The
work of the Christian Science Sunday School is of great importance because of its effect on the thought and character of those, the pupils, who, after leaving it, or even before, become members of the church of Christ, Scientist.
By
means of constantly unfolding obedience to the demands of divine Principle, invariable happiness may be demonstrated in Christian Science.
In order to uphold the prestige of The Christian Science Monitor and to correct the misapprehension that it is a free newspaper, an article on "Wiser Distribution of the Monitor" appeared in the Christian Science Sentinel for November 28, 1931.
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Applications for admission to membership in The Mother Church may be sent to the Clerk at any time throughout the year.
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"Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it".
With a sincere desire to express my gratitude for all the good which Christian Science has brought to me, I give this testimony.
With much love and thankfulness to God, to our Leader, and to the steadfast practitioners who so lovingly support us in times of need and help us to keep to the path of the Way-shower, and in appreciatoin of the Christian Science movement and all its activities, I gratefully offer this testimony.
In Joel we read, "I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.
With a heart filled with a gratitude that cannot be expressed in words for Christian Science and its loving, patient, and courageous Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, I should like to share with others some of the benefits and healings I have received through the practice of this Science.
It is with heartfelt gratitude for the wonderful, clear, spiritual teaching of Christian Science that I send this testimony of its unfailing healing power.
It is with great joy that I express gratitude for the many blessings which I have received through the study and application of Christian Science.
From childhood I had been subject to constipation and had continually taken laxatives, until sentence was passed upon me that in order to save my life an operation to remove part of my intestines would be necessary.
I first heard of Christian Science in 1915, and for about three months I attended the Sunday services and Wednesday evening meetings.
I am sending this testimony with the hope that it may be of help.
Dear
Father, like a thoughtless childI stumble oft and cry,Forgetting in my waywardnessThy guiding hand is nigh.
[Lewis Gannett, in a review of the "Memoirs of Julian Hawthorne" (Macmillan), in the Herald-Tribune, New York, New York]
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The Tenets of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, for the use of branch Churches of Christ, Scientists, are printed on sheets containing space for adding the application forms for membership in branch organizations, or extracts from their by-laws.
