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those who are just approaching the study of Christian Science, there is, sometimes, a feeling of perplexity over the definitions contained in the Glossary to the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science.
Lester B. McCoun, Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska, in the
A correspondent in a recent issue of your paper is mistaken in assuming that the healing and corrective influence in Christian Science is "the concentrated power of the human will," and that the "power of the will and love for others" can combine in action in scientific demonstration.
Harry K. Filler, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio, in the Columbus
May I state to your readers, in response to a statement of a critic, which appeared in a recent issue of your paper, that we can be Christian Scientists only to the extent that we leave all for Christ.
Gudrun G. Jensen, Committee on Publication for Norway, in the
A critic, in a recent issue of your paper, is quite correct when he says that Christian Scientists have a strong faith, since this faith is founded upon the teachings of the Bible itself.
Willard J. Welch, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa, in the
Christian Science, like John, teaches that God is Love, and that obedience to Love, or having that Mind "which was also in Christ Jesus," destroys in the human thought those beliefs of hatred which lead to murder and to other crimes.
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majority of people who turn to Christian Science are in search of physical healing, or relief from some situation that has baffled all attempts at cure through material means.
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many quotations from the Bible, none, perhaps, is more frequently used by Christian Scientists than the saying of the Master, as recorded in the eighth chapter of John, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.