In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Article

Just what is commonly meant by the word "heresy," it...

Warren O. Evans, Committee on Publication for the State of Rhode Island,

Just what is commonly meant by the word "heresy," it would be difficult to determine; yet if the correct definition of the word is accepted, that of "religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church," then the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy may be said to be heterodox to the so-called orthodox of to-day.
Article

Christian Science is defined by its Discoverer and Founder,...

Mrs. Alice T. Caruthers, Committee on Publication for the State of West Virginia,

Christian Science is defined by its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, as "the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of universal harmony".
Article

It is incredible that the wonderful works of Elisha could...

Elmer McBurney, Committee on Publication for Northern California,

It is incredible that the wonderful works of Elisha could have been accomplished on any other than a spiritual basis, God's law.
Article

Allow me to state that Christian Science makes no pretension....

Edward Gilbert, Committee on Publication for the Province of Manitoba, Canada,

Allow me to state that Christian Science makes no pretension.
Article

The first great need of the church to-day is the revival...

The first great need of the church to-day is the revival of her ministry of healing, according to the finding of the joint commission on the ministry of healing of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States, reported to-day to the House of Bishops and in the House of Deputies in triennial convention here.
Article

The Key that Unlocks the Bible

MARTHA P. NOLL

During a very trying time in our home, the true sense of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy was brought to me; for with this "key" I was able to unlock the Bible story of Nehemiah, to find its spiritual meaning and make it practical in that time of need.
Article

Man's True Dominion

THESTER A. MC CLENNAN

Christian Science comes with an insistent demand that each individual shall learn to govern his own thinking, to appropriate right thoughts with which to displace wrong beliefs in his own consciousness.
Article

"Come near unto me"

JOSEPHINE HOFFMANN

Elijah's summons to the Israelites, "Come near unto me," as given in the eighteenth chapter of I Kings, has a deep significance for Christian Scientists; and we all would do well, in our pilgrimage out of the darkness of materiality into the light of spirituality, to pay more heed to the admonition.
Article

A Spiritual Symphony

ELSIE C. WISE

The first efforts to apply the understanding of the divine Principle of Christian Science are generally confined to individual problems; but as spiritual understanding unfolds and the demonstration of church membership is made, there appears a desire to take part in the church activities.
Article

"What is that to thee?"

ROBERT S. ROSS

In the twenty-first chapter of the gospel according to John, it is recorded that Jesus was once obliged to rebuke a disciple for becoming unduly concerned in the affairs of a fellow-disciple.
Article

Unseeing Material Selfhood

ANNA E. SHERMAN

What is self?
Article

Discovering One Another

LUCY HAYS REYNOLDS

How often in speaking of our friends we may say: We know them well; we have been acquainted ever since childhood.