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student of the sacred Scriptures is impressed with the assurance, running like a golden thread through their entire length, that peace is a divinely mental state, a state of consciousness; that peace, permanent and joyous, is within reach of all, of nations as well as of individuals, when it is scientifically sought, that is, in the way of God's appointing.
In the thirty-second chapter of Isaiah we find the prophet's words, "My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
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beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, the divinely inspired Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, gives us this helpful instruction on <a class="tome-reference"
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In an interesting article a clergyman speaks in a kindly way of the many successes which Christian Science has had in the healing of sickness and suffering, but his remarks show that he has not really understood the nature of Christian Science healing.
Miss Constance M. Frost, Committee on Publication for Queensland, Australia,
In the fourth of the series, "What I Believe," the writer, in referring to evil, says, "I can see no attraction in the proposal of Christian Science to pretend that it is not there," et cetera.
Nils A. T. Lerche, Committee on Publication for Norway,
In Rjukan Dagblad recently an article contains these words: "Even so cheerful and optimistic a religion as Christian Science has found out that there are diseases which one should not attempt to heal by religious means.
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the prophetic utterances in Isaiah we find this one: "Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude and humility that I relate some of the healings which I have experienced through the study and application of Christian Science.
A short time prior to my initial healing in Christian Science, my wife, in the presence of a neighbor, threatened to use a secret so-called remedial agent to rid me of my bondage to the liquor habit, which had been my master for some ten years.
The testimonies which appear in our wonderful periodicals weekly and monthly have been such a constant source of inspiration and help to me over a period of many years that I feel I, too, should like to send an expression of gratitude, hoping thereby to help some other seeker for health and encouragement.
Since my attention was first directed to Christian Science, some sixteen years ago, I have been able to trace the steady unfolding of the divine plan in my experience.
Jesus said, "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
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