One
of the first lessons Christian Scientists learn is the necessity of distinguishing between man, the real man, God's likeness, and the counterfeit, the human or material sense of man.
Ascribing
all power, all government, to infinite Spirit, the prayer known as the Lord's Prayer closes with this tribute: "Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
It
is recorded of Jesus that sometimes he went up into a mountain to pray, to be alone with God, to commune with Him, in order to rise higher in the consciousness of good.
How
greatly the world needs radiant joy! What a treasure this quality has proved itself to be throughout the ages! The Bible records David as the great king of Israel; and with his name is associated the thought of joy.
Marcel G. Silver, Committee on Publication for France,
In a recent issue I read with interest an article by a professor, in which, however, Christian Science was alluded to in such terms as to give an inexact concept of it to the reader.
One editor uses the advertisement of The Christian Science Monitor in practically every weekly issue of his paper, and stated he would be glad to advertise the Monitor free even if the subscription were not available on the advertising exchange basis.
It
is recorded of Jesus, in the Gospel of Mark, that "when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
The
prophet Micah, foretelling the coming of the Messiah, declared that he would be "ruler in Israel," and that he would "be great unto the ends of the earth.
Churches and societies in the United States and Canada wishing to give lectures during the first two months of the next lecture year, namely July and August, 1939, are requested to inform the Board of Lectureship before May 25.
Many years ago I became interested in Christian Science, while I was still attending an evangelical church, and one day I had my first opportunity to prove the healing power of Science.
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