October 24, 1903
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The Alaska Boundary Commission reached an agreement on October 17 whereby all the American contentions are sustained.
Through
the kindly ministrations of Christian Science, my wife has been brought back to health and strength and a peace of thought that "surpasseth understanding," thanks not to the suggestion of any personality, but to the fact that all other means had been tried in vain and found wanting.
One
of the most subtle errors with which mortals have to deal is the habit of judging.
One
afternoon some time ago a very heart-broken little girl came home and said between her sobs, "Mamma, the children have sent me home, they say they wont play with me, and Margaret says she hates me.
The new building of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, at Eleventh Street and Second Avenue S.
If I can liveTo make some pale face brighter, and to giveA second lustre to some fear-dimmed eye,Or e'en impartOne throb of comfort to an aching heart,Or cheer some wayworn soul in passing by;
As
to the downy nest the spent bird fliesAt sunset time; as to the waters grayMoves glad the trusting ship whose purpose diesWithout its strong upholding; as the dayGoes joyfully to night's embrace at last,And as the star, aweary far aboveWith its night-watching, hails the dawning vast—So rests, so hides the world in mother-love!
What
makes little children quite happy and good,And banishes tempers both naughty and rude?
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The author of the Christian Science text-book takes no patients, does not consult on disease, nor read letters referring to these subjects.
We
are glad to publish the following interesting letter and enclosures received from our Leader.
In
these days of much theorizing and much preaching we hear a good deal about a growing tendency toward agnosticism and infidelity, and although many reasons have been advanced for this phenomenon of modern civilization, none seem to afford a sufficient basis upon which to suggest a remedy.
It
is recorded that on one occasion Jesus taught his disciples a vital lesson through a little child.
In
commenting upon the effort of an educational center to awaken interest in a course of Bible reading, a leading daily paper has recently said that "if the universities can revive the study of the Bible, they will establish a new claim to our respect.
A great multitude of earnest and intelligent people here and abroad already know that Christian Science has meant "life and health" to them in times of crisis when other means have failed.
In grateful acknowledgment to God, who was my physician and helper, I desire to testify to "what great things the Lord hath done for me.
I feel I must express my gratitude for all the good that has come to me in every direction through Christian Science, and first, for my physical healing.
For the last four years I have received help from Christian Science, for which words cannot express my gratitude.
Gratitude impels me to write this testimony of healing through Christian Science.
I feel that I would like to add to that of others my testimony of the great power of healing through Christian Science.
I wish to return thanks for the great blessing which we have experienced in our family through Christian Science.
Desireing to give all the glory to God, who is Love, I would like to relate the benefits which I have received through Christian Science.
With deep gratitude to our Leader, who has given us the key to the Scriptures in our text-book, Science and Health, I want to send my testimony to the Sentinel, hoping it may help some one.
I want to give my testimony, and tell what Christian Science has done for me, how I was healed of heart trouble more than two years ago, after the doctor had given me up.
I feel very grateful for the many blessings which have come to me through my desire to know all possible regarding this great truth.
For eight years I had worn glasses for farsightedness, and two years ago I took them off.
Through mental over-exertion in my profession and excessive use of cold baths, I became subject to a nervous disease.
As young Christian Scientists we are apt to be impatient to see the result of our work in truth, and perhaps we become discouraged because the demonstration, for lack of understanding, is not quickly made.
I gratefully acknowledge all that Christian Science has done for me.
About one year ago, through Christian Science, a friend of mine was completely cured of a complication of mental and physical ailments.
Several years ago my attention was called to Science and Health.
When
I took up the study of Christian Science nearly three years ago, I was suffering from lung trouble of eight years' standing.
For many years I had been a great sufferer from dyspepsia, liver trouble, and all the ills that go with those diseases.
We gradually come to understand, as life advances, that happiness and misery—all the phases of existence, in fact—are states, conditions, attributes of mind; and from this point of view a "better world" is of less importance.
