Demonstration
, as understood in Christian Science, is the proof of what God is and what He does for man; it is the rich fruition which confirms the heavenly conviction of God's goodness.
When
Jesus declared, "I and my Father are one," he set forth in one terse sentence the profound spiritual fact that his true selfhood was inseparable from the creator.
When
we are awakened through the study of Christian Science to perceive the oneness of divine Principle and its idea, we catch a glimpse of the all-inclusive perfection of God, and of what actually constitutes our true being.
So
universal are the need for and appreciation of the home that in these days of readjustment steps are being taken by some governments to preserve this cherished possession for the family.
A short
time before the children of Israel crossed Jordan into the promised land, while they were resting near Mount Nebo, Moses, at the conclusion of his song of God's mercies and guidance, instructed them to obey "all the words of this law.
In
the testimonies given in our churches and periodicals, there are frequent expressions of gratitude for membership in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, and its branches; and a great number of people throughout the world know how sincere such expressions can be—how inadequate indeed they often seem to those who offer them.
Frank T. Norman, Committee on Publication for Dunbartonshire, Scotland,
A contributor in your columns recently attacked Christian Science, and its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, in a manner foreign to Christian ethics.
William Carson Blackburn, Committee on Publication for the State of North Carolina,
Certain erroneous conclusions are implied in an article in a recent issue of your publications, which associates the name of Mary Baker Eddy with "a sect that denies the very existence of disease.
What a deep meaning there is for us in the words "Sunday school"! Understanding their import, we catch a glimpse of the vision, the great love which our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, had for young people.
In Isaiah we read: "And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight.
When one realizes that the steady outpouring of gratitude expressed in testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals, week by week and month by month, comes from hosts of men and women throughout the world who have felt the healing power of Truth and have proved the richness of God's love in the overcoming of all manner of sickness, sin, and discord, words fail as an adequate means of expression of appreciation for Christian Science.
Mildred M. Pierce
with contributions from Paul H. Pierce
When Christian Science was first presented to me many years ago, although I did not understand it I thought it the most beautiful thing that had ever come into my life.
When I was beginning to learn of the wonders of Christian Science which our dear Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, demonstrated in her long and useful life and revealed in her many writings, I suddenly became aware that all men are, in reality, God's children.
As
pure as God, so man is made;Ponder this well! Be not afraidOf urging, surging mortal sense!Bid error's lie, Go hence! Go hence!In thee it hath no power, no part;'Tis God's great goodness fills thine heartThis day, alway—His son is sinless made.
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