Before
Christian Science taught the writer the real meaning of life, as reflecting Life, God, the fleeting nature of mortal existence often seemed perplexing, and the words of Job, "Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good," rang true in her experience.
When
Jesus was arraigned before Pilate, the Roman procurator, who was invested with authority, and who said to him, "Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
"When
the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
When
the time comes for the young student of Christian Science to leave home and Sunday school and to dispense with the help of those who have guided his early footsteps in the truth, it is well for him to remind himself that he can never be separated from anything which he needs for his continued progress.
Miss Constance M. Frost, Committee on Publication for Queensland, Australia,
No amount of phrases wrongly used, or phrases separated from their context, or quotations, can ever prove that Christian Science, as your correspondent says, is "anti-God, anti-Christ, and anti-Biblical.
Gordon William Flower, Committee on Publication for Gloucestershire, England,
In reply to your correspondent, let me state that Christian Science is based on the Bible and on the teachings of our Master, Christ Jesus, who commanded his disciples and as many as believed in him to preach the gospel and heal the sick.
Too long have I, Martha, duty bent,Strained 'neath the load of every day's demandsOf mortal living; anxious, uninspiredBy daily round of tasks that always seemedLegitimate; by my own strength aloneSeeking to serve, to comfort, to supply.
Men
are constantly picturing to themselves the dawning of a golden age, an age in which poverty will be unknown, where sickness and sin will have been overcome, and where harmony and peace will reign supreme.
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When Christian Science was first brought to my attention, I treated it with skepticism and ridicule, but I became somewhat interested in it several years later, during my last year of training in the hospital.
I am so grateful for Christian Science and for what it has done for me and mine that I wish to testify of my healing, feeling sure that it may help someone else.
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