Two
thousand years ago there lived an individual so conscious of the reality and naturalness of the law of Mind, God, that he annulled the effects of every belief in matter as a law or as a lawgiver.
Why
walk this meager, stone-strewn strip of sand,Where mile on empty mile the echoes mergeThe roar against the rocks as long swells urgeSonorous aimlessness upon the land?
In the first chapter of Genesis, the first book in the Holy Bible, the record of creation is punctuated by repeated assertions that "God saw that it was good;" and in the last verse we read, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
The
human being often believes that his supply depends on the grace and favor of another, in other words, he believes that supply exists outside of himself.
Sometimes
one hears the wistful remark, "If only I could have gone to the Christian Science Sunday School!" The writer, having learned of Christian Science just a few months after the age when pupils are no longer received, thought for a number of years that she had missed an opportunity that could never come again.
In
planning the construction of a bridge or a tunnel the engineer proceeds with the knowledge he has gained in the study and practice of his profession.
Officers of branch churches and individuals who have occasion to correspond with The Christian Science Board of Directors, with the Clerk and the Treasurer of The Mother Church, and with the heads of departments of The Mother Church Offices are requested always to place their addresses on their letters and to write their signatures plainly.
To ensure that complete lecture notices be printed in the Sentinel, detailed information should reach the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald Editorial Department regarding lectures in the United States and Canada at least seven weeks before the date of the lecture; elsewhere, eight to eleven weeks.
My gratitude for Christian Science and for what it has done for me and the whole world prompts me to tell of an experience which proved to me the power and presence of our Father-Mother God.
Our family has had many proofs of God's loving care through our own efforts in applying Christian Science and through the loving help of practitioners.
Because more and more good unfolds for me as I go forward in my study and application of Christian Science, I cannot refrain further from expressing my gratitude for the beauty, joy, and harmony it has brought into my life.
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