August 30, 1941
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The
universal and ever-available remedy for all ills is to be found in the spiritual understanding of the truth of being, which distinguishes between human concepts and divine realities.
Priceless
guidance in the affairs of everyday life is given, either directly or inferentially, in the Bible.
Christ Jesus,
who through his spiritual understanding of God was enabled to feed the multitude and pay the necessary tax for himself and his disciple, said: "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
Moses,
through God's guidance, gave to the world the Ten Commandments, the last of which reads, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
A young
girl once asked her mother what had been the happiest experience of her life, expecting to hear a recital of some pleasant happening or the attaining of some desired goal.
A recent issue of your paper contains an interesting account of a religious service held in your city, wherein a minister said, "Divine healing is no strange, new thing, but is a Bible truth as old as the hills.
In an article which appeared in a recent issue of your paper, the writer classifies Christian Science with telepathy, psychology, et cetera, whereas Christian Science has nothing in common with these systems.
A recent issue contains a report of various appeals against military service on conscientious grounds, including one made by a student of Christian Science.
This
be thy faith:Although to finite sense God often seems afar,To know that close He walks with thee—so near—Guiding thy step,Hearing thy call,Answering in silence, yet with message clear.
No adverse comment or statement requiring correction regarding Christian Science or our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, appeared in the local press as far as we are aware.
It
is evident from the context that when Jesus said to his disciples, "Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?
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Meetings at which testimonies of Christian Science healing are given, are held in Christian Science churches on Wednesdays.
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"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God".
While I was visiting in Seattle nineteen years ago, a friend strongly advised me to buy a copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, for I was in very poor health and needed help to sustain me in making my journey to my home in Alberta, Canada, with a small baby girl and a lively three-year-old son.
For more than twenty years Christian Science has been my only comforter, guide, and physician.
I am most grateful to God and to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, for Christian Science and for our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," which she gave to the world.
I am happy to add my testimony to the many others that bear witness to the truth that divine Mind governs all real action harmoniously.
Comparing the years in which I have been consistently studying and practicing the teachings of Christian Science, with the years when I was without it, is cause for the deep sense of gratitude and love I feel for our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, who gave this Science to mankind.
Many years ago I suffered from a serious breakdown in health, and my right arm became useless.
It would be impossible for me to enumerate the blessings which have been mine since.
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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.
