Letters to the Journal from our readers. Opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily those of The Christian Science Journal.
Letters & Conversations
It is some time since a report has been sent in from First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Madison, Wis. This church, although owning no church edifice, has for the past three years occupied the Jewish Synagogue, a commodious building erected many years since, and for a time worshipped in by the resident Jews.
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LIKE many others, I had been through long years of suffering, and like one anciently had "spent all my living and was nothing better but rather grew worse. " No physician gave me any hope of recovery.
FROM the many letters received relative to the New Book and expressive of gratitude therefor, we make the following extracts:— "Miscellaneous Writings" is received and greatly enjoyed. It is a feast of good things,—of wine well refined.
IN the latter part of 1894 I was taken with heart trouble, the doctors called it. With hard struggling I kept at work through the winter, under medical treatment all the time.
March 1, 1897. Beloved Mother and Teacher: — I am in receipt of your last beautiful and instructive letter.
THE following interesting and helpful letter was published in a recent issue of the Floyd County Advocate, of Charles City, Iowa:— "Waverly, Neb. , December 13, 1896.
Dear Journal: —How wonder at the wisdom of God and assurance that He is with us in very deed, grow upon us as the significance of the following measures taken by our Leader, becomes manifest! (1) Closing her College, (2) giving the right of teaching to students students, and (3) this last, and most important of the series—entire temporary suspension of students' teaching. As the weeding out of ecclesiasticism goes on, the Christian Science Church is more surely planted on the Christ foundation of healing.
I DEEM it but justice to Mrs Eddy, the Founder of Christian Science Mind-healing, to say, that by the application of the Principle of Christian Science, I have seen almost every form of disease— most of them already pronounced incurable— healed or alleviated beyond what any material aid could do. I will mention one case that came under my notice.
Boston, February 11th, 1897 REV. MARY BAKER EDDY Dear Mother :— To me, and I believe to the world, February 10th, 1897, is a Red-Letter day in Christian Science.