Nothing
is more important to mankind, today and every day, than to understand the nature of God and of man's relation to Him, and to keep this to the forefront in all things.
Standing
fast for the manifest rewards of righteousness, right doing, the prophet Isaiah, recounting the privileges and blessings of the godly, declared, "The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.
"This
interesting day, crowned with the history of Truth's idea,—its earthly advent and nativity,—is especially dear to the heart of Christian Scientists; to whom Christ's appearing in a fuller sense is so precious, and fraught with divine benedictions for mankind.
Stanley Sheen, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
In the interesting address reported in a recent issue of your paper, the statement is made that people not satisfied with institutional religion are joining Christian Science and other "fancy isms.
William Carson Blackburn, Committee on Publication for the state of North Carolina,
Writing under the caption, "Scientists Among the Mysteries," in your paper, a correspondent has stated in substance that blundering amid the profound mysteries of the day, scientists are going to run into the face of the devil, and adds further, "If there's a God there is a devil, too.
The
Christian Science Board of Directors announces the establishment of the Christian Science Literature International Distribution Fund, to be used for distributing authorized Christian Science literature in countries where combatants or civilians are mobilized or congregated because of the war begun in 1939, and for supplying authorized Christian Science literature to the branch churches and societies in Germany, which, under present circumstances, are prevented from paying for it.
with contributions from William K. Protzmann, Lee Clarke Hawxhurst, Cecil G. J. Luck, Elaine Taylor, Norman Blodgett Holmes, Doris M. Jones, Evelyn M. Moore, William Paterson Grimmer
I am profoundly grateful to our Father-Mother God that I was led to Christian Science, because it is a practical religion, and, when properly applied, heals the sick, as did Christ Jesus and his followers, nineteen centuries ago.
I am grateful for Christian Science, which was brought to my attention nearly six years ago, when I was in despair and was suffering from nervous indigestion.
So many proofs of the guiding and healing power of Christian Science have come to me, that it is now my desire to express sincere gratitude to our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, through whom this God-inspired revelation was given in this age.
Christian Science has been my only physician for more than twenty years, during which time I have experienced many instantaneous healings, one of which stands out very clearly, although it occurred some years ago.
Lord,
when my footsteps pause at those detoursAlong life's road, I pray Thee let me seeThy pleasures wiser than the world's allures;And let me choose the path that goes to Thee,Remembering that vacillation findsAn ever-clouded scene, wherein no riftAbove illumes Thy certain way that windsLike gleaming ribbon through this shadow-drift.
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with contributions from William K. Protzmann, Lee Clarke Hawxhurst, Cecil G. J. Luck, Elaine Taylor, Norman Blodgett Holmes, Doris M. Jones, Evelyn M. Moore, William Paterson Grimmer