February 18, 1905
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Steps to compel the removal from the New York subway stations of the advertising signs which have given so much offence to the artistic tastes of many of its patrons, have been taken by Mayor McClellan.
There
is a provision of law under which if one who has no right to land occupies it, adversely to the true owner, for twenty years, this gives him a better title to it than the true owner.
"God
is Love," and we draw near to Him in living the life marked out for us by Jesus.
To
realize in any measure the truth of the statement that God's work is complete, and that He has ordered, decreed, and provided all things for man, is helpful, and those who are just turning to Christian Science are encouraged and stimulated when they are made to understand that the work to be done, the steps to be taken, are theirs.
Let
us rise in the morning with the knowledge that divine Love is looking straight into our hearts and urging us to go forward on the pathway of harmony and righteousness throughout the day.
I Was
much impressed at a recent testimonial meeting by the statement that it sometimes seems much easier to love our enemies than to love each other, and the thought came to me why this is so.
The
sayings of children sometimes bring out in a simple way some of the truths which older people often ponder a good while before grasping.
The contention that the cures effected by Christian Scientists are duplicated in "Suggestive Therapeuties" and other so-called systems based on human will power, does not take into consideration the fact that the healing of the physical is not all of Christian Science, it is simply incidental to the regenerative and reformative mission in which Christian Scientists are engaged.
As there are still some who believe that the mere acceptance of Mrs.
Christian Science inculcates the greatest compassion for suffering, for all kinds of suffering, physical, mental, and moral, but it also teaches that the most practical kind of sympathy for the sick man is that which leads him out of his suffering.
It might be well to state that Christian Scientists do not claim immunity from those things which ordinarily leave their impress upon the physical senses.
In looking over our exchanges we find columns of "resolutions of condolence," and in most cases they start with the stereotyped clause, "Whereas, it has pleased God," etc.
The Bible describes God as the same yesterday, to-day, and forever, as being without variableness, or shadow of turning.
The Christian Science movement, which is growing so rapidly in our land to-day, is a national product of a world-wide demand.
The members of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, London, feel deeply grateful for the progress made in the past year.
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A large, attentive audience assembled in the Opera House yesterday afternoon [January 8], to listen to Mr.
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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.
Upon
every side we hear the prophecy of a great religious revival which is to sweep over all Christendom.
When one invites another to the discussion of any subject, the one invited may properly ask what he is to gain thereby.
Having received so much benefit, both physical and mental, through Christian Science, I would like to tell a few of the many blessings which have come to me.
If there ever was a man who was tossed to and fro like the waves of the sea, I was that man.
In April, 1898, my physician advised me to make my will, and make every provision for my four children.
Something over a year ago I came into Christian Science, not for the healing alone, although I had received many benefits before commencing to study it.
I cannot be thankful enough for what Christian Science has brought to me.
The first Christian Science service which I attended seemed nothing more to me than a form of worship differing somewhat from those to which I had been accustomed.
In the hope that some one may find encouragement to seek help through Christian Science, I gladly and gratefully give this testimony.
I became interested in Christian Science about five years ago, when my wife was healed through Christian Science, and two years later I found it to be the truth, for myself.
The force of early training was so strong that I lived with Christian Scientists for five years before I become conscious of needing that which I did not have.
Thirteen years ago I was a physical wreck, having been given up by several doctors.
I wish to tell how much benefit I have received through the understanding of Christian Science.
We speak of pagan lands, of paganism, as of things remote, not observable from either our front or back windows,—places to send missionaries to, and to support them by contributions in labors of which we are little conscious.
