January 13, 1906
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It is stated that the Armstrong Committee, which has been investigating insurance matters in New York State, will, among its recommendations, include the following:—
There
are some remarkable record of the method pursued more than five hundred years before the coming of our Master, in binding men with fetters of self-imposed rules and customs.
Solomon's
wise counsel, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding," turns thought away from the smallness of human effort to the greatness of God's work, to the spiritual man and the spiritual universe, which we must understand in order to be perfect,—to have that mind "which was also in Christ Jesus.
In
our every-day life there come up many problems which are not always easy to solve, but which we must work out,—problems of our relations with our fellow-men in business and social life, questions of duty in civic and religions life, rules of conduct in the home; in fact, we are everywhere confronted by the question, What is the right thing to do?
Christian Science, lifting thought above the seen and temporal, and directing it to the unseen and eternal, takes the first chapter of Genesis as the statement of the spiritual creation, perfect, entire, finished, and pronounced by divine wisdom good, nay, very good,—a creation consisting of the unfolding or revelation of truth to or above the chaos of a seeming mist of human thought.
Ezekiel refers to a certain tree, the leaves of which should be for medicine.
Professor Gates claims to have discovered more than forty injurious products which are produced in the blood by "bad emotions," such as envy, hatred, etc.
As a matter of fact, no one but a Christian Scientist knows how this religion heals, and we say emphatically that it is not faith cure, it is not blind belief in the practitioner, it is not auto-suggestion, self-mesmerism, or the action of the human mind in any form.
The Second Christian Science Church, at Dufossat and Pitt Street, held its first service in the little new church yesterday morning [November 30].
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The next admission of candidates to membership in The Mother Church will be June 5.
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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.
These
words were spoken by the Master under circumstances which render them peculiarly significant to our times, but their meaning would be unwarrantably restricted if it were limited to a declaration of the sacredness of the marital relation.
At
the present time, as never before, there seems to be a willingness to permit the fair and free discussion of religious subjects, and this is surely evidence of a deep desire to know the truth.
Many times the loving gratitude of a full heart has prompted the writing of this testimony, and I can truly say that "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
It is now about three years since I accepted Christian Science, and I wish to express my gratitude for what this wondrous truth has done for me.
In October, 1899, my grandmother was stricken with creeping paralysis, and by the following December she was helpless,—had to be lifted and turned in bed like a babe.
My gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me, prompts me to give my testimony, hoping that it may be a help to some one in an hour of need.
I was healed of lung trouble after a doctor had said it was only a matter of time till I would have consumption.
It is always a pleasure to me to tell of the healing and happiness I have received through the understanding of Christian Science.
Two years ago my wife and myself were in very poor health,—she so poorly that I expected her soon to pass on: I in such a condition that existence was to me a burden.
Christian Science came to me in a very dark hour.
It is difficult to express in words my grateful appreciation of all that Christian Science has done and is doing for me and mine.
Christian Science has brought a sweet peace and comfort to my hungry soul, where all was trouble and unrest.
My heart overflows with gratitude when I realize what Christian Science has done for me this last year, although my faith was tested almost past endurance.
I first heard of Christian Science about four years ago, and I can now see that it came to me as a direct answer to my desire to meet with people who accepted the teachings of the New Testament in their entirety and endeavored to put them into practice.
I am glad to let others know what Christian Science has done for me.
Fourteen years ago I sought Christian Science as a practical Christianity, and the blessing of instantaneous physical healing was bestowed upon me by divine Love.
Eighteen years ago the physicians thought it necessary to give me morphie most of the time, which resulted in my becoming a slave to the drug.
It is nine years since my husband and I began the investigation of Christian Science.
It is over six years since I began the study of Science and Health.
They
who have drained earth's changeful bowl,And tasted sap of galling rootAs well as juice of ripened fruit,And learned how bitter-sweet the dole,—
The birth in Bethlehem brought into the world a new idea of the relation of man to God.
