August 7, 1943
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Many
a young man today is being called into the service of his country's armed forces.
"He
that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
To
bring spiritual power to the aid of unhappy humanity is a paramount duty and privilege of the Christian Scientist today.
In
the Christian Science Sentinel for February 22, 1941, there appeared in the "Signs of the Times" columns a translated reprint from "Ralliemont, Lausanne, Switzerland," which told of a traveler's arrival one Sunday evening in a little village where old traditions were still preserved.
In
the first seven beatitudes our great Master had extolled the qualities of man as the reflection of God, and had pointed out blessing in abundance as a present possibility within the reach of all.
So run the familiar lines of John Howard Payne's much-loved verse.
As one looks ahead into the future and considers the legion of complex problems that await solution before a better world order can appear, the challenge is both grave and stimulating.
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Camp Welfare Activities of The Mother Church are in operation at stations of the United States Army and Navy.
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Applications for membership in The Mother Church are acted upon by The Christian Science Board of Directors, twice each year, as provided for by the Manual of The Mother Church, Article XIII, Section 2.
Guy Haldane Dempster, Committee on Publication for Egypt Egyptian Gazette, Cairo
James Harry McReynolds, Committee on Publication for Texas The Groesbeck Journal, Groesbeck
The
peaceful silence of the contrite heartIs eloquent beyond all clamorous praise;For in this stillness pride and fear depart,And meekness learns of God His wondrous ways.
The press continues to be very friendly.
Because I have studied Christian Science for over a third of a century, my deep gratitude for its practical help and the many blessings it has brought prompts me to record the changes for the better that have taken place in my life and in my thinking during that time.
With gratitude and love for all the health, peace, and joy that the study of Christian Science has given me for over thirty years, I am giving this testimony in the hope that it may be of help to others.
That Christian Science heals, there is no question.
I have so often derived inspiration from reading the testimonies in the Sentinel and Journal that I have come to the conclusion I should be ungrateful if I withheld an expression of gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
I began to smoke tobacco when I was a boy, and continued for about fifty years.
When I was just beginning to study Science, a beloved practitioner quoted this statement to me from "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" by Mary Baker Eddy.
For some time now I have been desirous of contributing my testimony in grateful recognition of all that Christian Science has done for me.
