A little
more than three years ago, I caught a glimpse of Christian Science through the sore necessity of one to whom I owe more, in a human sense, than to any other.
On
page 58 of the Manual of The Mother Church, we are told that "it shall be the duty of every member to daily defend himself against aggressive mental suggestion, and not be made to forget, nor to neglect his duty to God, to his Leader, and to mankind.
In
dwelling on the thought of divine Principle as Love, we can readily see the innumerable ways in which Principle enters the smallest affairs of our lives if we only think quickly enough to avail ourselves of Divine guidance.
O, were
it mine to sing a songWhose sweetness, at my feet should holdThe spell-bound thousands, all untold,—I'd rather far it were my partWith comfort e'en one life to fold,—Bind up one broken heart.
The decision announced by our Supreme Court Tuesday in the Spead-Tomlinson case is undoubtedly the most important legal victory yet achieved by the followers of Christian Science.
Apropos of the Peace Congress now being held in Boston, the Wednesday services at the Christian Science Church last evening dealt with the subject of peace, and the First Reader of the church read selections from the Bible and from the Christian Science text-book bearing on that subject.
with contributions from John M. Grimm, P. M. Hatch, F. W. Sim, E. E. Sapp
Bicknell Young lectured last night [September 17] at Greene's Opera House, under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, on the subject of Christian Science.
If
we base our judgment upon the history of the church militant, we can but conclude that one of the last things which the followers of Christ Jesus are willing to learn is that the weapons of their warfare are not carnal.
Members desiring rooms with or without board in private houses, will receive attention at the hands of a committee for that purpose, if they will make known, in season, their requests, by letters addressed to First Church of Christ, Scientist, 4017 Drexel Boulevard, Chicago.
A number of years ago I applied to a Christian Science practitioner for help, and with the gratifying result that I was healed of a disease known to doctors as "incurable," and I have remained well ever since.
When Christian Science was first presented to me, it came through the healing of a dear friend, and although I was not really antagonistic to it, I was not interested in it until some months later.
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.
If the press of the world would adopt and persist in the high resolve that war should be no more, the clangor of arms would cease from the rising of the sun to its going down, and we could fancy that at last our ears, no longer stunned by the din of armies, might hear the morning stars singing together and all the sons of God shouting for joy.
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