NOW
when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?
IN
human experience there is a necessity for standards of measurement for all quantitative materials, and the history of mankind includes various types of standards from the earliest accounts mentioned in Scripture to the modern meters used for measuring water, air, electricity, distance, and speed.
The
second commandment expressly forbids the making of any object of worship, such as "any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
In an article which appeared in your paper recently, Christian Science was erroneously classified with Coueism and spiritualism, and as being similar to the mystic therapeutics in which Rudolf Hess is said to have been interested.
"Behold
, I stand at the door, and knock," declares the "one like unto the Son of man" in the Apocalypse; and he continues, "If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Gladys Faber Corder
with contributions from John J. Corder
During a period of twenty-seven years Christian Science has brought untold blessings into my experience, and the constant unfoldment of the glorious truth as revealed through day-by-day study of the Scriptures and the writings of our dear Leader.
In the year 1918, during the World War, when I was a soldier at one of the United States camps, a Christian Science worker presented Science to me in the form of a gift copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
Christian Science came to me at a time when I had almost given up hope of receiving answers to many questions I had asked myself ever since I was a small child.
When
the Christmas bells are ringing All my being answers, singing! Singing softly through the twilight, Singing gladly of the Christ-light! Singing for the wrongs forgotten; Singing for the good begotten; Singing with a cadence holy, Singing with a spirit lowly!
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