A Great
spiritual fact has been revealed to us in this age through Christian Science, and it is that God, divine Principle, and His manifestation, the spiritual universe, including man, are inseparable.
In
the leading editorial of the first issue of The Christian Science Monitor, its founder, Mary Baker Eddy, first gives this divinely inspired publication its name and then sets forth its purpose.
Each
of us knows and agrees that the college student's main purpose in seeking a higher education is to gain knowledge and understanding and to learn how to become a useful, intelligent citizen.
At
this season of the year thought turns instinctively and with gratitude to the greatest event of all time, namely, the resurrection from the dead of our Master, Christ Jesus.
Membership in The Mother Church, together with membership in one of its branches, affords opportunity for participation in the worldwide healing and redemptive work of Christian Science, as provided for by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy.
Before I became interested in Christian Science I was suffering from a nervous breakdown and from a broken finger that had developed gangrene, for which I had been told an amputation was necessary.
After reading the testimonies in a Sentinel, I felt that I should write one, giving another proof of what Christian Science can do for us, even after all material means have failed.
For over fifty years I have been the beneficiary of the teachings of Christian Science, and it is my desire to express gratitude for the blessings which have been mine in having this wonderful truth always at hand.
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