Any
Christian Scientist who is about to engage in a new field of activity can gain inspiration and help from the story of Nehemiah's rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem.
When
the word "law" is used, it immediately conveys the idea of authority and rightly so, for one definition of law is, "A divine commandment or a revelation of the will of God.
No
matter how trying or how frightful an experience may seem to the material senses, into God's good creation, into the perfection of Mind, error—evil—never entered! God never ordained, countenanced, or knew either a past or a present illness or sin.
When
I first became interested in Christian Science I wondered why many theologians and learned men, highly advanced in academic fields, were apparently unable to accept or demonstrate this religion; whereas ordinary people from all walks of life were daily proving its healing and regenerating power not only in their own lives but in behalf of others who called upon them for help.
How
wonderful it is to know that man is not the helpless victim of years! Through the study of Christian Science the student learns that man is neither embryonic nor decaying.
Because of the continuing demand for trained Christian Science nurses throughout the Field, applications for admission to the Nurses Training Course given under the direction of The Mother Church at Christian Science Benevolent Association Sanatoriums are welcomed from Christian Scientists who desire a career in nursing.
HOST: Amid all the hustle of lastminute Christmas preparations, the reason for our celebration—the birth of the Saviour in Bethlehem—sometimes is almost forgotten.
Having
been reared in Christian Science and having learned of its wonderful message from a devoted mother who lived its truths, I feel that my debt of gratitude requires that I testify to some of my healing experiences.
We
have had many healings in our family; we came into Science through an aunt's healing of a double curvature of the spine, which she had had from birth, and through my mother's healing of valvular heart trouble.
It
is my humble and grateful desire to testify to the joyous life, the health, and the ever-present help that Christian Science has provided for me almost all of my life.
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