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Letters to the Press from Christian Science Committees on Publication
J. Lingen Wood, Committee on Publication for British Columbia, Canada The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver
I enjoyed an article in your Sunday magazine section, "The Eternal Limerick," by one of your good staff writers, and, while agreeing with him that "the limerick can be a mordant and unkind device," I also feel that sometimes a limerick can be taken too seriously and thus convey a wrong impression. The reference that was made to Christian Science, although not unfriendly, might be considered as being in the latter category.
Christian Science is based on the Bible teaching that God is All, "I am the Lord, and there is none else" (Isa. 45:6), and that all He made is good, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good" (Gen. 1:31). It is a spiritual understanding of these facts rather than a blind faith in them which Christian Science teaches is necessary to heal the sick permanently. This understanding may be gained through progressive stages, commencing with belief, thence through faith to spiritual understanding. The textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, states (p. 297), "Until belief becomes faith, and faith becomes spiritual understanding, human thought has little relation to the actual or divine."
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December 14, 1946 issue
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What Heals
MORTON BRAINARD KEEGAN
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"If thou wilt be perfect"
DOROTHY EILEEN HEYWOOD-DOVE
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The Seal of Apostleship
J. HAMILTON LEWIS
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All Can Know the Truth
KATE D. GRANT POHL
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"Speak out, O soul!"
DAISY CYNTHIA WOOD
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The Eye of the Beholder
MARY PRIDE MC LAREN
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Friendship
WILLIAM MATTHEW COTTERILL
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Be Still
RUTH E. PUFFER
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Are We Companioning with Angels?
John Randall Dunn
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Good Is Never Less than All
Margaret Morrison
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Letters to the Press from Christian Science Committees on Publication
with contributions from J. Lingen Wood, Colin R. Eddison, George H. Tangeman
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Man's Income
ESTHER CHURCH
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With gratitude to God for His...
Alton N. Sweet
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I took up Christian Science because...
Hallie L. Evans
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It is over thirty years since I...
Clara A. Davis
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The testimonies appearing in...
Elsie Irene Cox
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I wish to express my sincere...
Virginia Morrill DeCamp
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I wish to express my gratitude...
Henry N. Roberts
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In grateful appreciation for the...
Alice Parham
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Christian Science came into my...
Joyce Burley Baxter
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I Know
MAYME DAHLEM
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Harold Roberts, James McGiffin, R. J. Renison, E. V. Best, Paul A. Adams