The Merchant Marine Com nission, whose establishment was authorized by Congress as a substitute for the passage of a subsidy act, will probably present a bill to Congress the first day of the December session embodying its recommendations.
These
statements of Jesus, Paul, and John, with the correlated statements by our Leader, are altogether unique in the realm of philosophy and literature.
Among
the whole procession of worthies whose history the Old Testament records, none stands forth with more dramatic interest and meaning than does the Prophet Elijah.
Evolution necessarily involves the belief that human life is infinitely progressive, whereas our Master taught that the "world, the flesh, and the devil," representing the material creation, "shall pass away," and must be overcome by obedience to his teaching and example.
Like all other religions and philosophies, Christian Science will have to endure the searchlight of reasonable investigation, and stand or fall in the estimation of rightthinking people on the only basis recognized as practical; viz.
with contributions from Hermann S. Hering, Seth W. Gregory
The semi-annual lecture of The Mother Church, given in Symphony Hall, Boston, October 13, attracted an audience which filled every part of the vast auditorium, and which listened with the closest attention.
Who
can ever forget the joys of a perfect autumnal day! To stand under oaks and maples that revel in hues for which even a Veronese, a Dolci, and a Murillo have vainly striven, and, looking up and beyond, to drink in the delicious flood of tinted light that is sifted out of cerulean depths, — this is to enter the treasure-house of the sun.
The
echoes of the recent Peace Congress can never cease, for we may be sure that whatever of truth was embodied in its deliberations and utterances, — that will live on and touch to new and higher issues the silent chords of humanitarian sentiment and unselfish aspiration.
A dear little nephew had been spending the morning with us, and when the time came for him to go home, after getting him ready, the door near which we were standing was opened for him.
About fourteen years ago, my husband and I studied Science and Health for some time, and decided that the selling of drugs, in which business he was engaged and had spent ten years of hard study and practice, was not practical for us, nor suited to our advancement in the study of Christian Science.
As I read, week after week and month after month, the wonderful outpouring of praise that ascends from grateful hearts, I too rejoice in thankfulness for the truth that is bringing light "to hearts and homes benighted.
I wish to express my gratitude for the article in the Sentinel of January 23, "Physician Heal Thyself," which impressed me deeply and inspired me when put to the test a few hours later.
From being a tired, cross, and nervous woman I have gotten to be cheerful and happy, and I can do a large amount of work daily without the least fatigue.
Before me is a New Year's card, sent by a dear friend, and in looking at the title, "Shining Hours," I feel that I must tell others how Christian Science turned my long, weary hours of gloom into shining hours.
We need not so much a faith in a past resurrection, though our faith must be linked with history, and joined with an event which created Christianity out of the lacerated and marble contents of Joseph's tomb; nor so much a confidence that Jesus is to come by and by, necessary as is that to keep the hope serene: we need a faith in a Saviour who rises in us daily, is with us here and now, with words and spirit of life and treasures of immortality.
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