After
she had sought for years to obtain health by all sorts of curative systems, the truth that God is Life dawned upon Mary Baker Eddy's thought and healed her instantly of the effects of an injury considered fatal.
How
earnestly men and nations have striven to make their defenses impregnable! Yet many nations have learned how futile are such efforts, for time after time these defenses have failed.
In
times of distress and uncertainty such as confront the world in these days, humanity searches everywhere for guidance whereby it may safely navigate these stormy waters or find some reliable instruction as to the steps to be taken for its future well-being.
In
the fourth chapter of John's Gospel we read these inspiring words: "Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
R. Ashley Vines, Committee on Publication for Victoria, Australia,
Christian Science is not a system of faith-healing, consequently it may be misleading to some of your readers to refer to a Christian Science practitioner as a "faith-healer.