If
I were gifted with such eloquenceI should be classed with the chief orators,yes, if my voice for sweetness were comparedTo the sweet tongues of angels, and could holdCrowds spellbound with its magic, what of thatIf I should not have love, the crowning grace?
In
its spiritual significance, a Christian Science Reading Room is not a room bounded by four walls any more than a material edifice is the true Church or a physical body the real man.
At
this season when custom bids mortals devote so much thought to gift giving and receiving, it were well to ponder earnestly the spiritual significance of true giving.
On page 57 of her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and founder of Christian Science, writes: "Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love, It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.
Christian Science treatment from authorized Christian Science Worker is available, without charge, to veterans in government hospitals in are interested in Christian Science.
A young woman who had been studying in our Reading Room for some time put the following question to the librarian as she was leaving: "I wonder if I am progressing in Christian Science:" The librarian told her that if she was earnestly studying Christian Science and listening for divine direction, she could not help progressing.
At a time when I was laid low with migraine and violent sickness, from which I had suffered periodically since childhood, the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, was put into my hands by a friend.
Mabel Lyon Sykes
with contributions from Harold H. Sykes
When I was a small child my mother was healed in Christian Science after a consultation of doctors had resulted in her case being pronounced hopeless, and in her gratitude she sent her children to the Christian Science Sunday School.