The
conflict between the true and the false which appears to be taking place in human consciousness presents the need for wise decisions in connection with every thought and deed.
The
importance and power of enlightened public opinion and the responsibility of the individual voter constitute themes much emphasized in the more advanced democracies of today.
For
some time, when a younger student of Christian Science, the writer held the view that the denial of error in Christian Science was only of minor importance, the affirmation of the truth appearing to him as the all-important consideration.
The
irrefutable evidence that Christian Science is a divinely inspired revelation is seen in the healing of countless thousands of individuals of sin and disease and their restoration to lives of health, usefulness, and happiness.
The mail received in the office of the Clerk of The Mother Church comes from all corners of the world and contains many heart-warming expressions of love and gratitude for Church membership.
The following periodicals were founded by Mary Baker Eddy and are published by The Christian Science Publishing Society, One, Norway Street, Boston 15, Massachusetts, U.
Several years ago I became interested in Christian Science at the recommendation of a friend, who was not a student of this Science, but who had seen how members of her husband's family had been helped and healed.
For many years I have been blessed through my study of Christian Science, and I am grateful for the training I received in a Christian Science Sunday School.
For so many years I have derived untold help and comfort from the articles and testimonies published in our Christian Science periodicals that I feel I can no longer delay expressing my heartfelt gratitude for all that this Science; has done for me or sharing some experiences in the hope that they will meet someone's need.
That Christian Science heals, that Truth is omniactive, that the leavening power of Love is increasingly breaking down the barriers of evil, I am assured.
I should like to testify to the many blessings I have received in Christian Science, which include healings of sicknesses and the overcoming of other evils.
Christian Science changed my outlook on life from one of self-pity and self-centeredness to the earnest desire to express the truth so convincingly in word and deed that others would be led to seek and find the glorious liberty of the children of God.
James F. Garvin
with contributions from Lilla B. Garvin
At a time when our country was in active participation in a world conflict I was employed by an engineering corporation which had been awarded war contracts by our government.