Senator Morgan of Alabama, the most persistent advocate of legislation looking to the construction of the Nicaragua canal, made a speech in the Senate on March 6, on his resolution to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, in which he insisted on the absolute right of the United States to annul the treaty and build the canal without consulting Great Britain.
Having
noted much in the press on certain questions relative to Christian Science, including frequent public reports of deaths under this system, a reporter for the Journal interviewed Alfred Farlow, the well—known Christian Scientist, with the following results:—
William Brooke Sandison
with contributions from Whittier
One hundred years ago! What a remarkable story the panorama of the closing century reveals! In 1800, our country was a plucky fledgeling, healthy, vigorous, ardent in hope, high in resolve.
The Broadway Theatre, the largest in New York City, on Sunday afternoon, March 3, contained an audience of upwards of twenty-four hundred persons, all deeply interested in a lecture on Christian Science.
The
following beautiful description of our Saviour is said to have been found in a manuscript written by Lucius Lenthulus, President of Judæa, to the Roman Senate, and is well worthy of preservation by those who are his followers at the present time:—
Oh
, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, Wholly apart from sin;Wholly one with the heavenly throng,Conscious of the peaceful song Of angel thoughts within.
The
much discussed Bell Bill, presented in the Assembly branch of the New York State legislature, which is said to be aimed at the suppression of Christian Science practice, is still apparently undecided.
The
following editorial from the Topeka Daily Capital gives some good reasons why state legislatures should make haste slowly in enacting laws that to hundreds and thousands of intelligent people and good citizens seem unjust and uncalled for:—
Under
the above heading the Chicago Post of March 8, 1901, publishes a very strong and a very sensible editorial in reference to the bill providing that Christian Scientists shall not receive compensation for their services, from which we extract the following:—
After nearly two years passed in erecting a house of worship, the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, is about to enter into one not often surpassed in religious architecture since the days of classic Greece and Rome.
Infinite
Spirit! unceasingly breathingBlessings unmeasured on all, as on me,Thy peace like a river,In tenderness ever,Meets fully the need of the earnest heart's plea,My thought now adoring,Its praise is outpouringIn anthems of love, that I'm ever with Thee.
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