At
the present time of widespread fear and anxiety, when uncertainty regarding the future fills the thought of so many persons, how comforting is the sense of security to be found in the words of the ninety-first Psalm, "Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
When
our Master, Christ Jesus, was "led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil," according to the record of Matthew, he was tempted three times to believe in the reality and power of matter.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
children are taught to look to their thinking, rather than to any mortal sense of body or environment—to do what our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, advises in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures".
Samuel Taylor, Committee on Publication for Ayrshire, Scotland,
In your report of the annual meeting of Ayr County Hospital, which appeared recently in the Advertiser, I note with grateful appreciation the high regard in which the teaching of Christian Science is held by the reverend gentleman who seconded the adoption of the annual report.
Reginald W. Wiggett, Committee on Publication for the Province of Transvaal,
In a recent issue a clergyman is reported as saying that "Freemasons may be classified with Spiritualists, Theosophists, Christian Scientists, Buddhists, and Mohammedans in that they reject the Christ, and practice a religion which is sinful and does not save mankind.
About ten days before a regular Sunday school teachers' meeting held in a branch church, one of the teachers was asked to answer this question at the meeting: "Should the children memorize?
It
is evident that for a great number of people the midweek meetings in Christian Science churches have a unique quality of interest, an attraction unsurpassed by any type of public gathering.
In order that the records of The Mother Church may be kept up-to-date, it will be very helpful if each member who has not done so recently, will please inform the Church Treasurer of his or her present address.
To ensure that complete lecture notices be printed in the Sentinel, detailed information should reach the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald Editorial Department regarding lectures in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain and Ireland, at least five weeks before the date of the lecture; elsewhere, six or eight weeks before.
Christian Science came to me over thirty years ago through the healing of a member of my family of a nervous trouble, but while I tried to understand it, and attended church services for several months, I did not take up the study of Christian Science in earnest until about nine years later, when I was in great need of physical and mental healing.
Before I began to study Christian Science I had been told about its wonderful teachings by several friends, but at that time I was quite satisfied with my lot, for I seemed to have everything necessary to my happiness, including a good home and the love and companionship of a dear husband.
I have too long delayed adding my words of gratitude for the rich blessings which have come to me and mine through the study of Christian Science during many years.
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