August 2, 1941
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Those
who have studied Mary Baker Eddy's beautiful poem "The New Century" will be increasingly grateful at this crucial hour for its deep spiritual vision.
The
story of the Shunammite woman related in the second book of Kings is a narrative dear to the heart of Christian Scientists the world over.
Soldiers
on parade, who have been called to salute to the right hand or to the left, are given the command, "Eyes front!" as they march forward.
From Letters, Substantially as Published
It is evident that an effort is being made in your district to discountenance Christian Science by the distribution of a pamphlet which quotes many passages from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, parts them from their context, and attempts to prove their falsity.
In a recent issue, reference is made to Christian Science in a manner that might be misleading as to its teachings, and therefore I kindly request space for the following brief correction.
God
speaks, and every doubt is stilled,Grief comforted, and sickness healed;His Word, with calm assurance filled,Is heard, and error's doom is sealed.
It has been helpful to one teacher not to yield to the temptation to answer a question hurriedly, but to pause a moment and let Mind speak through her.
Speaking
in the name of God, the prophet Isaiah said, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
The
need wherever there is a need, Christian Scientists know, is for spiritualization of thought and life—for clearer recognition that being is Spirit, not touched by matter or material concepts.
The address of The Christian Science War Relief Committee's shipping depot at Portland, Oregon, which was announced in the Sentinel of May 10, has now been changed.
Article
The Sunday services in a Christian Science church are indeed a spiritual feast to which those hungering and thirsting for a knowledge of the truth of being eagerly come.
As announced at the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church in June, the Christian Science Sentinel will be published this autumn in a new, small size, measuring 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches.
In order to be better prepared to give spiritual help in the Army or Navy through Christian Science literature and in other ways, it is desired to secure the names and present complete mail addresses of all officers and enlisted men in the military, naval, or air service of the United States who are Christian Scientists, or who have shown an interest in Christian Science.
I became interested in Christian Science some twenty years ago through reading the questions and answers in "Miscellaneous Writings" by Mary Baker Eddy.
When the thought first came to me to write a testimony expressing my gratitude for Christian Science, I hesitated to do so because the argument that I had had no sufficiently outstanding healings presented itself.
It is with a deep sense of gratitue to God that I can truly testify to the healing power of Christian Science.
For all that Christian Science has meant to my family and me, I should like to express my deep gratitude through the Sentinel.
On pages 132 and 133 and 133 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, writes of divine Love as follows: "It binds up the broken-hearted; heals the poor body, whose whole head is sick and whose heart is faint; comforts such as mourn, wipes away the unavailing, tired tear, brings back the wanderer to the Father's house in which are many mansions, many welcomes, many pardons for the penitent.
I want to state some of my reasons for feeling deep gratitude to Christian Science.
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
This
is a holy hour when Love unfoldsThe budded petal of the children's thought;When Truth, with swift and tender fingers, takesThe golden key to wisdom's garden door.
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.
