After attempts covering a period of ten years the consent of the Government for the building of a lighthouse and fog signal on the dreaded Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras was secured last week, when Secretary Metcalf signed the plans and specifications of the civil and consulting engineers, finally granting the bill to Captain Albert E.
One
there was told me that the polar starStands sentinel by day as well as night,Drawing the needle of the marinerTo guide him when he may not see its light.
Only those who have no knowledge of Christian Science would think of identifying it with those systems which claim to heal through the exercise of personal magnetism and hypnotism.
Charles K. Skinner
with contributions from Phillips Brooks
We are told that "Christian Science is out of harmony with orthodox teaching, with the Church, and with the Scriptures, for it admits of only one power in the world.
In
view of the practically admitted futility of medical treatment for certain diseases, it is not amiss to call attention to the fact that testimony is constantly accumulating which proves that Christian Science is healing all manner of so-called incurable diseases, also that tuberculosis is included in the list of ills for the cure of which many are successfully turning to this practical application of the Master's gospel.
Humanly
speaking, the problem of overcoming the world, the flesh, and the devil is a serious undertaking, but in Christ's name it may be entered upon and continued with well-grounded confidence and unfailing cheer.
The
coming of New Year's Day recalled a quaint and well-nigh forgotten custom, which required that a man be the first to enter every home on the first day of the year.
About eight years ago a copy of Science and Health was sent me by a friend whose child had been wonderfully healed of tuberculosis of the throat, after being condemned to die by some of the best physicians in America and Europe.
To tell of the manifold benefits which have come to me through the study of Science and Health would take up too much space, but I would like to testify to one case of healing which illustrates the power of divine Love to accomplish what surgery and mechanical appliances failed to do.
I have for several years enjoyed the testimonies given by others, and they have afforded me so much comfort and encouragement that I feel it would be ungrateful to be silent any longer.
I came to Christian Science for the spiritual healing, and with the help of the Bible, Science and Health, and of a practitioner, I have been brought out of darkness into light.
In the midst of seemingly insurmountable troubles, we are brought nearer to God than ever before, and the bitter tear often brings with it gratitude for the obstacles which we all have to rise above, proving that the near and active truth is bringing us into the kingdom of heaven.
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