In
the Manual of The Mother Church, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, provides two very definite duties which are to be carried out daily by all Christian Scientists.
The
subject of reflection sometimes presents a difficulty to the young student of Christian Science in that the often-used illustration of a mirror may suggest separation between that which is reflected and the reflection.
Someone
may ask, Why is it that, having received, through Christian Science, healing and joy, one will sometimes be beset by other trials which seem to be less easily disposed of than one's first troubles?
One Sunday school teacher was faced with the suggestion that she might run short of material when she was asked to teach a class which was studying the "first lessons," as defined by Mary Baker Eddy in the Manual of The Mother Church.
Meinrad Schnewlin, former Committee on Publication for German-speaking Switzerland,
A reference to Christian Science was made in a recent issue of the Solothurner Zeitung which seems to imply that Christian Science has something to do with the use of massage.
Lt.-Col. Robert E. Key, District Manger of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
A correspondent, criticizing a Christian Science lecture given under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Sevenoaks, is puzzled at the distinction made in Christian Science between the material, so-called man, and spiritual man.
B. Palmer Lewis, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
In a recent issue a reference is made to Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science that is rather misleading, not so much in what it says as in what it omits.
R. Ashley Vines, Committee on Publication for Victoria, Australia,
Your correspondent "Cheerio," referring to the civic service arranged in Ararat by the Ministers' Fraternal, suggested that "Christian Scientists fall in line with us.
Ernest H. Partridge, Committee on Publication for Glamorganshire, Wales,
I note "Pilgrim's" article in a recent issue of the Echo, and in reply would quote from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
Into
my hand two gems were droppedFrom out a friend's pure thought:The one denied all error's claimsWith which my life was fraught;The other one affirmed the mightOf good, which fills all space,The power of Truth to set men freeAnd evil's claims erase.
A high
school boy, who as long as he could remember had regarded himself as a Christian Scientist, went to one of his teachers, also a Christian Scientist, and said that he was not satisfied with what Christian Science was doing for him, and that he was considering dropping it.
With a heart filled with gratitude and love for our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, I give this testimony.
PEARL A. QUICK
with contributions from SAMUEL A. QUICK, EDNA P. CLINTON
It is with great joy that I give this testimony, to express a little of the gratitude I feel for Christian Science, which I have been studying for twenty-eight years.
"The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love".
For the benefit of those who may be seeking after Truth, I wish to make an acknowledgment of the many blessings I have received through Christian Science.
FATHER,
we thank Thee that the light of TruthReaches the dullness of earth's heavy dream;That Thy dear tenderness shines forth undimmed,And undismayed pours forth its loving beam.
Nelson Miles Heikes
with contributions from Carl M. Truesdale, Benjamin E. Watson, George McDonald, H. E. Marshall, J. L. Newland, C. Allen, Thomas W. Toler, Sam Fulton, W. Phin Gillieson
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Nelson Miles Heikes
with contributions from Carl M. Truesdale, Benjamin E. Watson, George McDonald, H. E. Marshall, J. L. Newland, C. Allen, Thomas W. Toler, Sam Fulton, W. Phin Gillieson