Charles W. Hale, Committee on Publication for the State of Indiana,
Since Christian Science heals by spiritually correcting both thinking and living, it is not unusual for one to be healed by spiritually comprehending some part of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy; but such cases are not in any sense the perfunctory saying over of a few words.
Miss Marie Hartman, Committee on Publication for Holland,
Christian Science teaches that the consciousness of God's presence and all-potent love is able to deliver men from sickness, because only the expressions of the one divine Mind—the only cause and creator—constitute fundamental truth.
Peter B. Biggins, Committee on Publication for the Province of Alberta, Canada,
In his epistle to Titus, Paul speaks of the grace of God as "teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.
Before
Christian Science commences to clear away the cobwebs of material thinking, many words, whose highest meaning can be conceived of only from the standpoint of spirituality, are accorded a significance which not only often misses the mark, but would also destroy their beauty.
The
beginner in Christian Science finds that, however deeply steeped he may appear to be in the false beliefs of materiality, Christian Science shows him the way of escape from them.
"Son,
thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine," said the loving father of the prodigal to his elder son; and in these words he gave a succinct and comprehensive statement of man's relation to God.
As
the first faint gleam of spiritual understanding enters the heart of the student of Christian Science, there comes to him the peace and confidence of an awakening sense of dominion,—an awakening holding within it the seed of unlimited development.
The
Biblical record of the deliverance of the children of Israel, under the leadership of Moses, from the bondage of the Egyptians, is a very interesting and helpful one to the student of Christian Science.