October 14, 1939
Content can't be loaded!
Joy
and gratitude go hand in hand, and they cannot be separated.
Debt
would seem to be a universally accepted condition, yet, as Christians, we have Paul's injunction, "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another.
When
nearing the close of his earthly ministry, and on the eve of his crucifixion, Christ Jesus comforted and strengthened his disciples with the words, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.
At
the present time much is being said concerning increasing one's purchasing power.
Some
few years ago, a Christian Science practitioner pointed out to a young student the need for alertness with regard to the false belief of old age, with all its unhappy accompaniments, and how necessary it is for us to protect ourselves from this belief.
While
mankind has striven earnestly through material inventions to make every mode of travel as safe as possible, frequent disasters show how inadequate, at such times, are material devices for protection and safety.
Here
I'm humbly waiting, Father,Ready now Thy will to do;Use me in Thy holy service,Let me prove Thy grace anew.
I noted with interest a recent number of your monthly, which contained a short report of a lecture on Christian Science.
The report of the Christian Science lecture in a recent issue has evidently given your correspondent "Studious" food for thought, and his suggestion that it should be read a second time is a good one.
Embedded in the human consciousness is a desire to know God.
Cleanse
me, Lord, that I may seeThe beauty of divinity;Give me courage, Lord, to goWith outstretched hands down paths of woe;Help me, Lord, to ease or bearAnother's burden of despair;Lift my thought to heights above,That I may know the fruits of Love;Grant me vision of Thy plan,Where perfect God and perfect manAbide in love, and have so stood,Since Thou hast made and called all good!
During this year a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship gave a series of three lectures in English and two in German.
Steadfastness
along any line of endeavor is possible only when one is convinced of the worthiness of the enterprise upon which he is engaged.
As
men come to comprehend the Science of knowing, it is learned that only those thoughts and actions which wait obediently on Mind, allowing spiritual law to govern them, need neither to be retraced nor reversed.
Article
Announcement is made of the translation into Armenian of the pamphlet "Christian Science: Its Simple Message.
I should like to share with all mankind the many blessings I have enjoyed since coming into Christian Science.
I am very thankful for Christian Science; it has been a great blessing to me for many years.
I had not been well for many years, and late in 1909 a woman called at my home on business.
I was told about Christian Science by a woman who had seen me trying to gain strength by going out walking each day.
For the Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly I shall always be very grateful.
I thank our Father-Mother God with all my heart that I have learned of Christian Science.
Because I have never known anything but Christian Science, a recent experience made me realize how much I owe to this new-old truth.
In doing my housework one day I had to move a heavy article.
I am fourteen years of age, but do not live sufficiently close to a Christian Science church or society to attend Sunday school.
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The printed Tenets of The Mother Church are in general use by branch churches and societies, either as a basis for their application forms for admission to membership or for binding into their by-law booklets.
