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Christ Jesus
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Resurrection
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Prayer
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The
Christian world has always
believed in prayer; but in time
of sickness, epidemic, in
trouble—financial,
social, large or
small,—has
it turned in prayer to God,
willing to put all reliance
there? Prayer should be the
"Christian's vital breath." So it
was to Daniel, Elijah, Elisha, to
Jesus, who said: "For verily I
say unto you, That whosoever
shall say unto this mountain, Be
thou removed, and be thou cast
into the sea; and shall not doubt
in his heart, but shall believe
that those things which he saith
shall come to pass; he shall have
whatsoever he saith. Therefore
I say unto you, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and
ye shall have them." Christian
Science has brought to the world
again this conception of prayer,
its efficacy, its action, its
palpitating force. To prove that
God has power sufficient to meet
every need, is the mission of the
redemption Christian Science is
bringing to the world.
Christian
Science Sentinel
September 27, 1919
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Healing
in the Gospels
Testimonies
of CS Healing
Christian
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"Heal the sick, cleanse the
lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye
have received, freely give." Jesus
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE HEALING
Healings in the
Scriptures
In the Bible we read, "Jesus went about in all
Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and preaching
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner
of disease and all manner of sickness among the
people. And the report of him went forth into all
Syria: and they brought unto him all that were
sick, holden with divers diseases and torments,
possessed with devils, and epileptic, and palsied;
and he healed them." (Matthew 4: 23, 24, Revised
Version)
Commenting on these
verses, Judge Septimus J. Hanna, writes:
"This is the first
biblical account of Jesus’ healing the sick.
It is not the first biblical account, however, of
the healing of the sick without the aid of drugs or
medicine. There are many instances of the healing
of disease in the Old Testament without the use of
material remedies. ("Healing Through Christian
Science," p. 1)
For nearly three
hundred years the healing power taught by Jesus was
practised and demonstrated by his followers. But
that element of Christianity was lost. How was
divine healing to be restored? Mary Baker Eddy
tells us: "Our
Master healed the sick, practised Christian
healing, and taught the generalities of its divine
Principle to his students; but he left no definite
rule for demonstrating this Principle of healing
and preventing disease. This rule remained to be
discovered in Christian Science." ("Science and
Health," p. 147)
Christian
Science Became Requisite in the Divine
Order
Mrs. Eddy writes, "Rightly to read and to practise
the Scriptures, their spiritual sense must be
discerned, understood, and demonstrated. God being
Spirit, His language and meaning are wholly
spiritual. Uninspired knowledge of the translations
of the Scriptures has imparted little power to
practise the Word. Hence the revelation, discovery,
and presentation of Christian Science — the
Christ Science, or 'new tongue' of which St. Mark
prophesied — became requisite in the divine
order." ("The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
and Miscellany," p. 238) Healing is an essential
element of true Christianity and Christian Science
reinstates it.
Other Schools of
Religion and Medicine
We have great regard for all the institutions
of the world which aid in any degree in the
spiritualization and advancement of
humanity. People
who desire to do right will accomplish something
along this line, however insufficient their methods
might be. We do not condemn our grandfathers
because they farmed with crude tools and
instruments; rather, we honor them because they
worked earnestly and cheerfully in spite of the
imperfection of their tools. We would not criticize
any effort on the part of Christians who have not
yet learned the truths explained in Christian
Science. However, only the perfect, spiritual
method is satisfactory, and the call for higher and
better methods leads on, one step at a time, until
we finally reach the perfect.
Stages of
Advancement
The student just beginning to solve simple
problems in addition and subtraction may not be
able to solve higher problems, yet through practice
and progress he hopes to attain to the skills of
his teacher. The follower of Jesus may not at first
bring out results equal to his, but by growing in
goodness and spirituality, he constantly hopes to
improve his proficiency. As we grow in our
understanding of spiritual things, our ability to
demonstrate spiritual healing increases.
More About this
Topic
For a comprehensive explanation of Christian
Science healing, we recommend careful study of the
Bible and the
Christian Science
textbook,
"Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy.
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