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membership is a spiritual experience, not just a material or physical activity.
Father,
be it day or night,In the darkness or the light,May I not forget that LoveIs around, below, above.
Great Britain and Ireland.
[Christian Science program over Station WEAF, New York City, conducted by Mr.
The
prophet Jeremiah, speaking in the name of God, said, "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
To those who have been distressed by unemployment or unsatisfactory employment, Christian Science offers the same heartening assurance and the same assistance that it brings to those who are ill.
The
Christian Science church and its plan of government was revealed to our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, and is set forth in the Manual of The Mother Church.
The closing date for the receipt of applications for membership in The Mother Church is now approximately one month in advance of the date of the admission instead of two weeks as heretofore.
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, Union of South Africa.
[The Biblical citations given in the Christian Science Quarterly are from the Authorized King James Version.
Christian Science came to my attention through the healing of a friend.
About twenty years ago, a testimony was published covering my first experiences with Christian Science.
Early in 1934, after a consultation of many doctors, it was decided to give me a month's special treatment in a hospital for colitis, from which I had suffered for several years.
Daily to the Christian Scientist is unfolded the great wisdom reflected by our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in the example of her unselfish life, the purity of presentation of her discovery, and the protection provided for the progress, advancement, and growth of her church.
Words cannot express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done and is still doing for me and mine, and for what it is doing for the world.
As a child I attended the Christian Science Sunday School for a while because I had friends who were Christian Scientists.
My deep gratitude to God and to Mary Baker Eddy for the great truth she has given to the world through her inspired book, Science and Health, impels me to write this testimony.
Words fail to express my gratitude for the many blessings we have experienced in our home.
I wish to express my deep gratitude for having been led into Christian Science.
Father
, I thank Thee at this eventimeThou knowest not night.
The printed Tenets of The Mother Church are in general use by branch churches and societies, either as a basis for their application forms for admission to membership or for binding into their by-law booklets.