Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.
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When we pray in Christian Science, what are we seeking? Are we looking primarily for physical healing? A solution to a nagging problem? Or, does a deep desire to know God better impel our prayer? Healing or understanding— which is more important? The answer has a significant bearing on the results of our prayer. The incomparable demonstrations of Christ Jesus are our foremost example of what can happen when one prays effectively.
How very natural it is for those who have experienced the blessings of Christian Science to love and revere Mary Baker Eddy. We are grateful, to say the very least, for her place as Discoverer, Founder, and continuing Leader.
Modern technology has made rapid communication a fact of life. SSTs (supersonic transports) can fly the Atlantic in a few hours.
Is it wrong to be dead? Let's put aside for the moment the common definition of the word "death" (as when Paul says, "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death" I Cor. 15:26 ).
Regardless of its nature or tenacity, evil is a misconception, unreal. Proving it to be so is an inescapable Christian demand.
When we experience a sore trial or testing time we can confidently put our case in God's hands. We can meet the challenge with the assurance that God's law is always in operation, and that discord cannot prevail when Truth is understood.
When I received the letter announcing that I had been accepted as a member of The Mother Church, a feeling of deep joy permeated my thought—a joy such as I had never felt before. But the moment arrived when I had to delve deeper into the significance of this link with The Mother Church, this unity, and the spiritual duties that I had accepted.
In Christian Science, chemicalization is not a bad thing. It is not a synonym for animal magnetism, nor is it something to be feared, dreaded, avoided.
In a letter to The Christian Science Board of Lectureship Mrs. Eddy speaks of its members in these terms: "Spiritual heroes and prophets are they whose new-old birthright is to put an end to falsities in a wise way and to proclaim Truth so winningly that an honest, fervid affection for the race is found adequate for the emancipation of the race.