The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-07-18
testimony



MY RECOLLECTION is THAT ONLY ONCE DID
DISTURBING QUESTION REGARDING THE CHURCH
MANUAL ARISE IN MY THOUGHT - THAT WAS SOME
40 YEARS AGO. AND 1T WAS RELATIVE TO ARTICLE
8. SECTION g. "ALERTNESs TO DUTY"
III shall be the duty of every member of this Church
TO defend himself daily against aggressive mental sugges
on and not be made TO forget TO neglect his duty TO
Cod TO his Leader and TO mankind By his works he shall
be ivdged-and justified eondemnedr-bid
WONDERED WHY CHRIST JESUS NAME WAS
NOT INCLUDED
GOD QUICKLY AND EASILY GAVE NE THE ANSWER
JESUS HAD MUCH MORE TO SHARE BUT THAT
WICKED AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION COULD
NOT BEAR" ALL THAT HE HAD TO REVEAL! HENCE.
THE PROMISE OF THE COMFORTER. EVEN THE HOLY
GHOST. WHO WOULD TEACH lis TEACHING ALL
THINGS!
MRS. EDDY GODS GREATEST MARY. HAS FOUNDED
THIS CHURCH, WHICH ALL NATIONS AND PEOPLES
SO DESPERATELY NEED!
GODS MARVELLOUS, IMPERATIVE CHRIST, MASTER
SUPREME, COLOSSAL SCIENCE OF THE UNIVERSE
admits NO OPPOSTES. THIS PHYSIOLOGY WAS
INSPIRED, IN PART, BY THE soviET's sPUTNK AND
THEIR 'puny Cod: MINOR PHYSICAL, NATURAL
scIENcE-NATURALLY A PRISONER OF THE DEVIL J,
THAT GIGANTIC FRAUD AND MYTH!
OVER 40 YEARS INCOMPATIBLE BLESSINGS!
AM EVER SO GRATEFUL THAT IT HAS BEEN RE-
VEALED TO US: THE RIGHT CONCEPT OF POWER IN
THIS AGE, IN WHICH CHRISTIANITY AND cIvILIzA-
TON ARE BEING THREATENED-lN BELIEF
WE KNOW THE CLUSTERING OF THE ADVERSARY
TODAY IS NO MORE REAL THAN THAT OF GOLIATH
THREATENING AND CHALLENGING THE isRAELITEs.
AND HOW EASILY DAVID. UNDER GODS GUIDANCE.
TOOK CARE OF HIM
OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE"
ON PAGE 100, THE CONCLUDING PAGE OF THE
CHAPTER ON ANIMAL MAGNETISM UNMAsKED"-
AND WE MAY ADD. MANS TRIUMPH THERETO WE
READ: LIKE OUR NATION, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HAS
IT'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. GOD HAS EN-
BOWED MAN WITH INALIENABLE RIGHTS AMONG
e
ScIENcE."
BE A cHRIsTLY LAW UNTO YOURSELVES!
YOU WILL RECALL. MRS. EDDY REPEATEDLY SAYS:
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS, BE LAW UNTO YOUR
SELVES AND WE MAY PROPERLY ADD: ACCORDING
ALL THESE YEARS, MY EVERY NEED HAS BEEN
MET. wv
AM MUCH MORE GRATEFUL THAN WORDS OR
TIME WILL PERMIT.
WE SAT DOWN FOR A FEW MINUTES. AND NO ONE
ELSE AROSE. WE GOT UP ON OUR FEET AGAIN, AND
AsKED MAY ADD A FEW WoRDs?"
TWO GENERATIONS AGO. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND
MRS EDDY WERE FIRsT-PAcE COPY OF THE NEWS
PAPERS OF THE WORLD THAT PHENOMENON, IF WE
MAY CALL IT SUCH, WILL BE REPEATED HISTORY
DOES REPEAT ITSELF y.
COMFORT RE EMPTY SEATS.
IWoULD SAY TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH:
THESE VACANT SEATS WILL AGAIN BE FILLED AS
THERE IS A WElL.KNovN SAYING: FOR EVERY Ac-
TON THERE IS A REACTION EXACTLY EQUAL IN
FORCE, BUT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION
AND so, THE DEVIL WOULD EMPTY OUR
CHURCHES BUT HE CAN'T DO IT 1.-THE NEED OF
THAT WHICH WE CAN EXCLUSIVELY SUPPLY is
GROWING AcUTE). IN THE MEANTIME, WE MAY TAKE
COMFORT IN THE DIVINE TRUTH THAT GOD CAN DO
MUCH WITH LITTLE. QUALITY IS MUCH MORE I'M
poRTANT THAN QUANTITY. NUMBERS ARE NOT SO
IMPORTANT
THE YOUNG MAN GIDEON WAS APPOINTED IN BE-
HALF OF DEFENDING HIS PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR
ENEMIES. GOD FORCED HIM TO PROGRESSIVELY RE-
D,JcE MS az 900 MEDIOCRE ADAMS TO 800 CHOSEN
MEM. AND WITH THEM THEY WON EASY, ASSURED
VICTORIES -
YOU WILL RECALL MRS. EDDY SAYS IN HER mis-
Gel 1 ANEous WRITINGS" ON DIsMlsslNc AN ASSo
CITATION AT ONE TIME: NOW. GO BACK TO YOUR
HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. AND WORK OUT iNDI
WDUALLY AND ALONE THE SUBLIME ENDS OF
HUMAN LIFE
I'm NOT SURE THAT THE ADJECTIVE IS HUMAN;
IT COULD VERY WELL BE DIVINE AND ETERNAL.