October 1, 1904
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After experiments covering a period of twenty-eight months, the United States naval "liquid fuel" board announces that it regards the engineering and mechanical features of the liquid fuel problem practically and satisfactorily solved.
As we advance in Christian Science we begin to perceive the truth respecting every-day facts; with the poet we find—
To demonstrate that there is plenty, seems to be quite a hard problem, and we so often hear the remark, when another opportunity presents itself to help in a good work, "Well, I will have to dig up something.
It
seems strange that man clings to the frailty of human beliefs concerning health, strength, wealth, intelligence, and friends, and fears to trust God.
A dear
friend once suggested that when we attended the Communion service of The Mother Church we should go with the idea of giving rather than receiving a blessing.
The Excelsior has received the following communication from the Publication Committee of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, which it publishes with pleasure.
Christian Science does not rest upon psychological laws, as the critic surmises, but upon those very laws of God, which are properly described as "immutable, undeviating in their effects.
Editor of the Sentinel:— On a certain occasion, the writer was doing a piece of work wherein many people were interested, and he frequently wondered whether he was doing it to their satisfaction, when to his glad surprise he received a kindly letter from an editor, stating that his services were acceptable and were fully appreciated.
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The Clerk of The Mother Church requests that those who have made application for membership during the past two years and have not received notice of their election, will notify him at once.
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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.
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All
inquiries coming directly or indirectly from a member of The Mother Church, which relate in any manner to keeping or breaking one of its By-laws, shall be addressed to the Christian Science Board of Directors, and not to the Pastor Emeritus.
The
editor of a prominent daily voices a very general protest when he says that if things continue at their present pace, every man who hopes to retain a vestige of his strength and comfort will have to keep a scientific valet about him all the time to sterilize his toothpicks before he uses them, and perform a thousand other kindred services, in keeping with the petty requirements of modern medical dictation.
When failure overtakes mortals, as it often does, they are apt to lay the blame for their misfortunes upon their environment, and they may fail to see that in so doing they are conceding the domination of matter, and practically admitting that mental capacity is the vassal of chance and change.
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A lecture on Christian Science, under the auspices of The Mother Church, will be delivered by Rev.
It has only been six months since I came into Christian Science, but in that time my life has taken such an entirely different direction that I feel strongly the desire to tell others about it, I did not come to the light through physical healing.
I desire to tell how thankful I am to God for sending the light to me, through our dear Leader, Mrs.
I count it a gracious privilege to give my experience in Christian Science.
One day last October, while walking through the beautiful woods, I picked up a spray of poison ivy.
It has been my great privilege to know of the blessings of Christian Science, to have learned a little of this Christ-truth that heals and saves.
August 18, 1902, I was taken down with what three doctors pronounced Bright's disease, and they stated that I would not live a year, of if I did succeed in living longer, I would be mentally unbalanced.
Verily man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Gratitude for the understanding of Christian Science which I have, and for the benefits I have received from it, impels me to give the Field a partial account of what Truth has done for me.
I first heard of Christian Science some twelve years ago, and was healed of a severe ailment while attending a morning service, that being the only service I ever attended will some four years later.
About sixteen months ago, when away from home on a visit, I was suddenly taken ill with what the physician called neuralgia of the heart.
Four years ago my little boy had an abscess on his jaw, and for eight months he could not rest, night or day.
My gratitude to Christian Science cannot be expressed in words.
I would like to express my gratitude for Christian Science.
I was not an invalid when Christian Science found me, nevertheless, I was troubled with several physical ailments, chief among which was catarrh in one of its most annoying forms that had been my constant companion for twenty years.
For the average man or woman, the easiest part of the Christian life is the assent to doctrinal statements and the observance of certain religious forms.
