Boston University has issued a circular inviting opinions on the proposal to hold an international conference for the purpose of adopting a "universal alphabet" by which to indicate the pronunciation of words in the leading European languages.
A short
time ago, while visiting a town in a western state on business, I noticed in the hotel at which I was stopping, a modest sign, "Christian Science Meetings held at the home of Mrs.
It
is surely appropriate for us to acknowledge the good received through others which has aided the birth of the Christ-idea in our individual consciousness.
Scarcely a criticism appears on the subject of Christian Science which does not include an allegation to the effect that Christian Science teaches that all creation is an illusion, and that man has no body.
Christian Science can hardly be considered outside the pale of other religions, because it contains all that is good in each of them, and in addition it includes the portions of our Saviour's teachings which they do not comprise.
Application blanks will be supplied by The Christian Science Publishing Society to practitioners who wish their cards inserted in the directory of Der Christian Science Herold.
The
general extension and rapid growth of the Christian Science movement has been such that we are always surprised when attention is called to some community wherein this truth has been known five, ten, or even fifteen years, but nevertheless the work is not found firmly established, and no perceptible gain is being made.
Students of English history are not surprised to learn that the chief political leader of the British empire is President of the Association for the Advancement of Science, and so intelligent in this field of thought as to deliver, at the late meeting of the Association, in Cambridge, an address which "exhibited a splendid grasp of an exceedingly difficult as well as well as novel scientific subject.
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.
Nearly a year ago my little boy was brought home from school by his teacher, who said that he was badly hurt, and as she undid the bandages on his hand I saw that one finger hung by a tiny piece of skin.
I feel like a prodigal coming forward to acknowledge a father's blessing, so tardy have I been in expressing, through our periodicals, my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me and my family; nevertheless, not a day, scarcely an hour, goes by, that my heart does not go out in gratitude to Truth, and to our dear Leader, through whom this healing revelation has come.
Ten years ago my sister came to the college town where I had been studying to take me home, because my health had failed and I could no longer do any of my work.
Newton R. Fuller
with contributions from Maud R. Hartz
I have long desired to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me and my family by reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker G.
Katrine Krudop
with contributions from George A. Gordon
In a recent article in the Sentinel some one reminded us of the healing grace in all the words of our Leader, citing among others of her beautiful sayings "not matter but Mind satisfieth.
with contributions from James Orr, Philip S. Moxom
If God is holy, and this world and man are His creation, very evidently the world is not in a state answering to God's idea of it, or His desire for it.
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