Hiram W. Hayes, Committee on Publication for the District of Columbia,
Christian Scientists, in their efforts to bring relief to the sick, are striving their utmost to obey the command of Jesus when he told his followers to preach, "The kingdom of heaven is at hand," and to "heal the sick;" and they are striving to do this in the same way that Jesus did—by absolute reliance upon God.
Miss Emily Johnson Jones, Committee on Publication for the State of North Carolina,
In discussing Christian Science or divine metaphysics, it should not offend any to take the accepted definitions of these words as given in the dictionaries.
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The Mother Church,
Kindly allow me to make this comment in your columns on the recent editorial in which you said, "The suggestion method is considered by many to be the basis of healing by a great religious organization.
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has often been observed that Christian Scientists are a peculiar people! This is due, in part, to their logical attempt to apply the Scriptures to the practical affairs of life, but chiefly to the more remarkable fact that nearly all of them have personally experienced the benefits and blessings they proclaim.
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Scriptural account of Moses and the children of Israel is prolific with encouraging and helpful lessons, which may be of great assistance to the children of to-day,—those who are seeking and searching for the land of promise, the realm of peace, health, happiness, yet find themselves wandering hopelessly and helplessly about in the desert and wilderness of doubt and discouragement.
Clyde Johnson, Committee on Publication for the State of Wyoming,
Upon being questioned as to whether autosuggestion as practiced by him is not kindred to Christian Science, Emil Coue is quoted as saying: "In Christian Science people are cured by prayer.
Joseph Axtell, Committee on Publication for Somerset County, England,
Christian Science accepts only the record of the spiritual creation as recorded in the first chapter of Genesis and up to the third verse of the second, where it distinctly states His work was finished.