October 2, 1954
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How
natural it would seem that the rich young man should salute Christ Jesus, who so transcendently expressed true goodness, with the words (Mark 10:17), "Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Often
it is at the midnight hour, when all other helpers have failed and comforts fled, that Christian Science, with its healing and redemptive message, is brought into our lives.
Creation
is usually considered by the human thought to be the coming into existence or the beginning of something.
What
a wonderful thing it would be if men carried on all their daily activities by divine direction! With infinite intelligence, Mind, directing every activity, there could not be a single trace of discord, but only success, joy, freedom.
In
every Christian Science demonstration harmony, beauty, and abundance are unfolded in the experience of the individual who is healed.
One
need we have, one overwhelming need,The need to love:Not as one bending down, benevolent,Bestowing gifts upon the hungry poor:Nor looking up, with personal attachment,Giving devotion due to God alone:But showing forth our Father's love, embracingIn radiant reflection all mankind.
The
power of Spirit is present here and now to dispel weakness and empower consciousness through the ever-present and compassionate Christ.
I found Christian Science when I was a young woman and in the depths of despair.
Christian Science came into my life before I left Germany.
I turned to Christian Science for physical help just after my twenty-first birthday.
Some years ago I came to a state of mind where I did not want to live, because life had become so purposeless to me.
As a child I can remember always having a hunger for spiritual things.
I wish to express my gratitude for the Bible and for the Christian Science textbook.
I am especially grateful for the weekly Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly.
The testimonies of healing in the Christian Science periodicals have long been a source of inspiration and encouragement to me.
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