Day
by day reason and common sense are undermining the popular belief in a corporeal and physical God, and today it may be said that Christendom no longer believes in such a God.
Job
said, "Let the day perish wherein I was born;" but later, when realizing the spiritual nature of being, he exclaimed, "I know that my redeemer liveth.
It
is a significant fact that, down through the ages, prophets and spiritual teachers have all voiced again and again the same important message to mankind, namely, the oneness of God and the consequent nothingness of anything unlike Him.
It
was our Lord's last supperWith his disciples; and he talked with themOf things that were to be, which they should knowThereafter: of his departure from the worldStraightway, and of his purpose to prepareA place for them—a holy consciousnessWhere they should be with him for evermore.
Percival Vincett Parsons, Committee on Publication for Cape Province, South Africa,
In a recent issue you published an article containing the following passage: "Christian Scientists also have their Bible, the works of Mary Baker Eddy, extracts from which are engraved on the walls of some of their churches.
Our organization was offically recognized by The Mother Church in May, 1938, and already we look back with humble gratitude to the accomplishment of successful work.
Through
prophetic insight the assurance came to Hosea that the Lord "will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
A group
of physicians, including some of the most prominent members of the medical profession in Great Britain, sent to a conference recently held in the United States a message which included a statement to the effect that fear, self-indulgence, jealousy, and resentment are causes of disease.
This testimony is an expression of gratitude for the many blessings which I have received through the study and application of Christian Science, as given to the world by our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science.
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