December 22, 1945
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The
following words by Mary Baker Eddy point the way to a happy Christmas in the wake of war: "To-day the watchful shepherd shouts his welcome over the new cradle of an old truth.
Recently
a student of Christian Science listened to an informal discussion on world affairs.
With
what awe and wonder the startled shepherds must have listened on that first Christmas morning to the angelic message! "Suddenly," says Luke, "there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
The
familiar story of Jesus and the disciples crossing the Sea of Galilee yields many a lesson.
Pierce
through the darkness, star of Bethlehem!Scatter this cloud of apathy and gloom,For there are many hearts would give Christ room,Except the darkness is too great for them.
The
beauty that prevailed one nightIn starlit BethlehemWas wrought no man's mortal will,By artifice or gem.
To the human sense of things, anniversaries may prove to be times of joy or moments of sadness, times for a resurgence of glad memories or occasions when old wounds seem to be reopened.
In
the symbolism of the human mind the star has held a first place as heralding the birth of those destined to play a great part in human history.
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Officers of branch churches and individuals who have occasion to correspond with The Christian Science Board of Directors, with the Clerk and the Treasurer of The Mother Church, and with heads of departments of The Mother Church Offices are requested always to place their addresses no their letters and to write their signatures plainly.
[From the Secretary of a State Christian Science Camp Welfare Committee]
What a blessing Christian Science has proved to me! It has made each moment one of gratitude and rejoicing.
I have had the blessing of a knowledge of Christian Science since very early in my life and I am most grateful for it.
I wish to say that from the time I found Christian Science, I have had many healings.
One day while I was feeling especially grateful for the testimonies I had just read in the Christian Science Sentinel, this thought came to me: If all those who have experienced healings in Science did as you have done, there would be no testimonies to read in the Sentinel; so I could no longer delay sending in my testimony.
Testifying to the blessings received through the study of Christian Science has long appeared a necessary, though spontaneous, activity, and so I now add written testimony to verbal ones I have given.
I should like to add my testimony in the hope that it will help someone as so many of the testimonies have helped me.
It has been my desire for some time to send in a testimony to the periodicals because I have been benefited so much through reading the testimonies of other Christian Scientists and listening to them in a branch church and in The Mother Church.
When Christian Science came to me, in answer to an earnest prayer to God for help, the future did not look very bright.
