July 7, 1906
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Greetings have been exchanged between President Roosevelt and Mutsuhito, the Emperor of Japan, over the American cable connecting Island of Guam and Japan, which was recently completed.
[We
give the following letter a prominent place, feeling sure that its loving and grateful reference to the faithful Board of Directors will be heartily approved by all Christian Scientists.
WHEN
I began to discern the beauty of this grand truth, Christian Science, I yearned to be in the Field, at work for the Cause; and I regretfully returned to the business world, with perhaps a thought that I was not worthy of the higher service; little realizing that an earnest desire to do makes it impossible to be idle, since every thought should mean "work.
ONE
who takes up the Christian Science text-book for the first time must be impressed by its simplicity.
The seeds of Christian Science, sown in the stoniest of places in the [English] metropolis, have fructified and invaded the aristocratic West End.
Christian Science treats of infinite truth, the emanation of the divine, omnipresent, all-powerful, and all-governing intelligence which created and controls all, from the atom to immensity.
The noblest possession of the English people is the English Bible—the book that has exercised an incalculable influence over the conduct of the nation.
Whether anybody believes in Christian Science or not, the fact remains that it has had a wonderful growth.
To those who seem to see no good in Christian Science it must stagger their faith not a little to read the account of the dedication of the vast temple located in the heart of the city of Boston, the supposed fountain of knowledge and seat of learning of America; the spectacle of thirty thousand people assembling to gain admission to the temple shows an enthusiasm for Christian Science seldom witnessed anywhere in the world on any occasion; and this occurred in staid old Boston, and the fact was heralded in flaming headlines in the leading newspapers of the world.
Whether one believes in Christian Science or not, the period has been reached when it commands respect, attention and admiration.
A careful study of Christian Science will reveal the fact, fundamental in its teachings, that sickness is the child of a material consciousness, conceived in sin and born in iniquity, and the antidote or remedy is not more of the same thing, disguised as you please, but still the same by nature.
The last issue of the Christian Science Sentinel contains a rather remarkable announcement to the effect that friends are requested to send no more money for the building of the church which was recently dedicated at Boston.
A sense of gratitude moves all our hearts for the opportunities and blessings which have come in various ways to the Christian Scientists of Seneca, Kansas, since their reorganization as a church two years ago.
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Nearly a thousand persons attended the lecture on Christian Science delivered last evening [ June 21 ] in the Wysor Grand Theatre by Judge Septimus J.
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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.
THE
following letter is so right and requisite that I hereby endorse it for the benefit of the reader.
WE
are much pleased to give the place of honor in this issue to our Leader's timely, brave, and significant article, "Personal Contagion," which appears above, because we look upon it as one of the most important statements of inspired truth that she has given to the world since the publication of the Christian Science text-book.
The
authoritative pronouncements of many speakers at the late medical convention in Boston certainly furnish food for thought, and in many respects they give promise of better things.
At
a time when the question of national existence, with all it implies is a prominent theme throughout this country, Christian Scientists may well ask themselves to what extent they as individuals are contributing to the general weal.
Having been benefited so much through Christian Science, I feel that I must tell some of the things that it has done for me.
It was early in 1900 when I took up the study of Christian Science, it having been brought to my notice by the healing of my sister, who was in the last stages of consumption.
Over two years ago I turned to Christian Science because everything else had failed to help me.
It is now over a year since I heard of Christian Science and came to it for help in a chronic nervous trouble which doctors had failed to cure.
It is seven years since I first received physical benefits from Christian Science.
The most important events of my life I consider to be the healing of my wife in Christian Science, after doctors' remedies and changes of climate had failed to bring permanent relief, and my own bettered condition physically and morally through the same agency.
I had all my life been frail and delicate, and with the cares and duties incident upon maternity, conditions grew worse.
Christian Science has done so much for me during the six years that I have been trying to make it my rule of conduct, that I am always glad of an opportunity to express my gratitude.
It is only a few months since I began the study of Christian Science and I could never tell how much it has done for me both mentally and physically.
I was badly poisoned last summer from eating what was called cabbage snake poison.
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
The clergy of all men ought to make it their one strenuous effort to free themselves from bias, to examine into facts and give credence to nothing calculated to provoke nor which is not irrefutably established, to make their deductions rationally and dispassionately, to exhibit a due sense of proportion, to realize that a drastic remedy can never be justified save for the most desperate disease, to discountenance appeals to passion and prejudice, and to rebuke sternly the spirit of hatred and uncharitableness.
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The picture of The Mother Church and its Extension which The Christian Science Publishing Society now has for sale is a half-tone reproduction, 12 x 15 inches in size of a view giving the St.
