Experience—"unfoldment, not accretion"
Mrs. Eddy has many good things to say about experienced Christian Scientists. She expected much more of them than she did of the world in general. Her writings make clear that she wants each studen...
With gratitude for all that Christian Science...
With gratitude for all that Christian Science has done for me, I give the following testimony with the hope that it may encourage another who is seeking peace from constant fear.When I first became...
IN A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUNDAY SCHOOL
After her first visit to the Sunday School, A tiny child said, "I sat still for a very long time."That was all. After a second visit, she said, "I listened."And that too was al...
It is with sincere gratitude to Christian Science...
It is with sincere gratitude to Christian Science for the help it gives in every sphere of one's experience that I submit this testimony. Before beginning the study of Science I was an active membe...
THE CHURCH ORGAN
Is this an instrument to soothe the congregation with timid tremolo and shimmering pianissimo— an instrument to encourage passivity with pleasantbut commonplace compositions? Surely this is an ins...
IMMUTABLY THEMSELVES
We know not yet what they shall be When we shall see them as they are; We'll keep the essence of them freeWe will not think of them as far. When we shall see them as they are No longer hidden by a...
NOW IS THE TIME
Time that mythical serpent will always softly hiss that now is nothing but that yesterday was sweet (though lost foreverin the neverland of nostalgia)— that tomorrow is our true trusttoward which...
REACHING OUT/REACHING IN
Reaching out to our community — to the strangers the minority groups the outsiders— reaching out from our churchoffering love, let us remember no one is really outside— outside Church outside the...
RESOLVE
I will listen. Too much has been said in the worldthat is not to the point. I will listen—I resolve to seal my lips against vain repetition garrulous gossipcareless criticism. But I will speak when...
PARTICIPATION
I was not a joiner— something of a loner;not organization-minded. Oh, I loved the truth!I loved the church triumphant. But I thought I had the right to work alone. No, I was not a joiner— unique,...