December 28, 1946
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To
a young student of Christian Science the thought that man is the child of God brought great inspiration.
Our
love for God grows deeper each day as we know and understand Him better and feel His power and presence.
One
of the first rewards for a beginner in the study of Christian Science is the joy which comes with the dawning realization that God is Love.
These words from a much-loved hymn have often helped one student of Christian Science to realize that in the spiritual realm of Mind there is infinite variety, but never the stress or conflict which a human sense of diversity often brings.
Ever
since the days of the garden of Eden mankind has tried to combine good and evil in its sense of life and to find pleasure, success, and health therein.
Most
Christian Scientists are familiar with what Mary Baker Eddy says in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures".
What
comfort and inspiration for the earnest follower of Christ Jesus shine through the messages of the great Apostle of the Gentiles! Although a giant intellectually and one whose demonstrations of divine power naturally raised him to a position of leadership among the early Christians, Paul never seems to have lost what the poet calls "the common touch"—the tender ability to go, like the Samaritan, understandingly where his hearers were.
Frequently
the student of Christian Science finds the auxiliary verb "must" in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy.
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Recently a new member wrote that already she had begun to feel the strength of The Mother Church.
The members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Gisborne celebrated a happy event on Sunday, April 21, 1946, when their church building was dedicated.
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Testimonies of healings brought about at authorized lectures on Christian Science will be published in The Christian Science Journal or the Christian Science Sentinel, when verified as are other testimonies appearing in the periodicals.
[From a Christian Scientist in Britain]
Before knowing of Christian Science, I had to stop working and remain in bed for a while each year on account of some illness.
Since I have received so much encouragement and inspiration from testimonies appearing in our periodicals, I feel the time has come when I can no longer withhold my testimony.
My husband and I recently had an experience which proved God's power and ever-presence.
I sometimes wonder if I am half grateful enough for the blessed privilege of having been brought up in Christian Science.
Christian Science has truly given me "beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness".
The Apostle Paul in his epistle to the Romans many centuries ago said.
