From
far and near, day after day, come testimonies of those who, when confronted by terrifying situations beyond human endurance, turn of necessity in prayer to the great Comforter and Saviour and find deliverance.
The
superiority of spiritual power over material power or resistance was demonstrated by the prophets, reiterated and practiced by Christ Jesus, forgotten by most of the world during the centuries that followed, again voiced by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, proved by her and then explained to a waiting world.
A Bible
statement which has aroused much questioning and doubt is that of the prophet Habakkuk: "Thou [God] art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity.
God's
ever-presence has been proclaimed by religious teachers ever since that day when Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and at night gathered stones for a pillow and dreamed of a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with the angels of God ascending and descending upon it.
In Malachi we read, "Prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
As I look back on the last seven years I become more aware of my love and gratitude for Christian Science and for its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy.
For many years I have wanted to express my gratitude to God for Christian Science by testifying to my first healing, which was considered a miracle by the medical profession.
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