Herbert Knox, Commissioner of Corporations, has reported to the President regarding the Standard Oil investigation, and appears to make out a serious case.
Many
persons shrink from a close or a frequent examination of themselves because of an instinctive reluctance to look upon their hidden mental deformities and moral inconsistencies, but the necessity of knowing what is enfolded in our sense of personality makes this an important factor in the working out of our salvation.
The
story of Noah and the ark of refuge always stands out in memory as a symbol of the tender, protecting love of God in that mental habitation which ever floats above the waters of mortal sense.
The powerful esthetic religious movement which under the name of Christian Science has developed in North America and subsequently has spread to almost all the European countries, and England in particular, has now reached Sweden.
In view of the fact that the series of revival services just closed at the Alhambra fell short of results, not only of the reasonable expectations of the local Ministerial Association, but of church people generally, an analysis of the cause is interesting and perhaps not unprofitable.
The
question of whether or not Christian Science heals, is being steadily answered in the affirmative, even in the minds of those who have not yet accepted its teachings, and as an instance of this we quote the following editorial note from a recent issue of the well-known Burlington.
No
aspect of mortal sense is more familiar, more intrusive, or more pitiful than that pettiness which finds expression in so much of human judgment and conduct.
For
a number of years the most strictly orthodox people, both in this country and in Great Britain, have been wrestling with the question of a restatement of doctrines, such as would make possible greater unity between the different religious bodies and be more in harmony with the spirit of the times than are the dogmas of the past.
with contributions from Laura Lathrop, T. L. L. Temple, Henry Jewett, Annie Charles Smith, Alma Flato Yeager, Flora S. Vermilye, Ethel Bliss Platt, Wm. A. Childs, Albert E. Miller
One who has received physical healing and mental regeneration through the blessed influence of Christian Science, needs not the testimonies printed in our periodicals or told so feelingly at our Wednesday evening meetings, as an assurance for his faith.
I wish I might in some manner express the gratitude I feel for the benefits derived from the study and practice of the teachings of Science and Health, but as "our lives attest our sincerity".
More than a year ago, in the eightieth year of my age, I was remarkably healed in Christian Science from trouble with my eyes and ears, and also from weakness of the kidneys.
As it was wholly due to Christian Science that I was able to overcome the liquor and tobacco habits, I feel that I ought to give this testimony of my experience, hoping that it may be helpful to others who may be struggling under the burden of either of these errors.
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with contributions from Laura Lathrop, T. L. L. Temple, Henry Jewett, Annie Charles Smith, Alma Flato Yeager, Flora S. Vermilye, Ethel Bliss Platt, Wm. A. Childs, Albert E. Miller