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With regret we learn that a minister of the gospel, speaking...
With regret we learn that a minister of the gospel, speaking over this radio station a few days ago, took occasion to condemn the teachings of another Christian denomination. Among other derogatory references to Christian Science, he is reported to have said: "Christian Scientists do not teach the Bible as it is. They teach false doctrine."
Now, it is well known that there are many differing interpretations of the Bible, as is evidenced by the many Christian denominations, all using the Bible as the basis of their teachings and yet each interpreting it more or less differently from all the others. Because the Christian Science interpretation of the Scriptures differs from that of our friend, this could hardly be reason for labeling it as "false doctrine."
Christian Science interprets the Bible spiritually, on the basis of the allness and omnipotence of God, divine Spirit. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, was a deep student of the Bible from her early youth, and in its pages she found the Science she so successfully practiced and taught. In her book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" she writes (p. 547): "The Scriptures are very sacred. Our aim must be to have them understood spiritually, for only by this understanding can truth be gained." Also, on the same page she says, "You can prove for yourself, dear reader, the Science of healing, and so ascertain if the author has given you the correct interpretation of Scripture."
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September 30, 1939 issue
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"Yet was not the net broken"
ISRAEL PICKENS
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No Personal Condemnation
ALICE CORTRIGHT
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Communicating Good
TERESE ROSE NAGEL
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A Lesson from Nature
NOEL M. RUST
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The Disciples and the Multitude
NORA P. DARLING
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Holy Ground
ELSE L. A. BUCHENBERGER
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Competition
EMMA EASTON NEWMAN
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Man's Heritage
ELIZABETH B. CATE
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In a recent issue there appeared an article which implied...
Stanley Sheen, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
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In a recent issue of Lofotposten, a certain pastor has an...
Nils A. T. Lerche, Committee on Publication for Norway,
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With regret we learn that a minister of the gospel, speaking...
Corrective remarks made over Station WATL, Atlanta, on behalf of J. Palmer Snelling, Committee on Publication for Georgia
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In a recent issue of your paper, Christian Scientists are...
Frank T. Norman, Committee on Publication for Dunbartonshire, Scotland,
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I would esteem it a favor if you would allow me space in...
Harold Knight Cheesman, Committee on Publication for Argentina, South America,
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Lecture Announcement
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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The Corrective for Fear
Duncan Sinclair
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Satisfaction
George Shaw Cook
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The Lectures
with contributions from John Henry Weer, Anna Doughty, Thomas E. Hurley, W. Keith Dickinson, Lucia C. Coulson, Hilde Koch, John M. Tutt, Minnie Lee Fisher
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I wish to give grateful thanks for the priceless benefits...
Janetta W. M. Buchan
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In deep reverence to God, divine Principle, and to Christ Jesus...
Charles Eugene Smith
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My gratitude for Christian Science could never be expressed...
Jane Gano Roeber
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Mrs. Eddy, our revered Leader, has said on page 254 of...
Vela E. Brown with contributions from Anne S. Towner
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I am very grateful to have had the opportunity of...
James D. Gilmore with contributions from Laura C. Gilmore
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It is in the spirit of deep humility that I submit this...
Geraldine E. Weideman
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For some time I had been having difficulty with one ear...
Beatrice Ziegler
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Confidence
ALICE L. SMITH
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Hugh Martin, Henry Darlington
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
with contributions from Hudson C. Burr