June 8, 1907
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A long step toward the establishment of a broad boulevard extending from Boston to the White Mountains will be taken during the present year, in the construction of the so-called "Merrimack Valley trunk line," a highway authorized by the last session of the New Hampshire Legislature.
A man
of my acquaintance, who when a boy used to make simple fireworks to add variety to the ordinary pin-wheels and Roman candles of those days, at first had little idea that he was studying chemistry.
What
seems a stumbling-block to many when brought face to face with Christian Science is the fact that its adherents accept remuneration for their services.
The
experiences of Jesus, prayerfully considered, give hope and encouragement to struggling hearts at all times.
Our
sobs and our laughter may follow each otherAs swift as our heart-throbs, many's the time;Our smiles and our tears may neighbor each otherBehind our quick eyelids, many's the time;Hide-and-seek may be played by the clouds and the sunlightAcross the blue spaces forever above us;Yet we know, after all, there is always the sunlight,And we know God is Love and is ever above us.
The rumor to the effect that there is strife in the Christian Science movement concerning leadership, which has periodically appeared in the public press, and which has recently been revived, has not become true with age, but is quite as much a myth now as it was when first put into circulation.
In terms Jesus was not called a Christian Scientist.
In the account of the Episcopal convention of the Washington diocese Rev.
Paul declared, after his wonderful conversion to Christianity, when referring to his previous life, "I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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The author of the Christian Science text-book does not consult nor read letters on disease.
We
are asked by a correspondent to state the attitude of Christian Scientists toward the miracles of the Old and New Testaments, specifically whether they believe that Jesus walked the water or that Daniel was cast into the lions' den without harm to him; and as these questions appear to be asked in good faith, we see no reason why they should not be answered in the same spirit in which they are propounded.
After
all that may be said in praise of other blossoms, to the grown-up country lad there are none quite so satisfying and so dear as the lilac, and for the reason that in addition to its gifts of fragrance and beauty it brings a picture of mother and the old home which means far more to him than he has ever tried to express; above all others, perhaps, it is the flower that for him awakens
Negotiations have been completed by the Christian Scientists of this city for the purchase of the two lots at the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Lincoln Avenue.
I am a graduate from the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago.
After attending a most impressive service in a Christian Science church this beautiful Thanksgiving day, an earnest desire to be saved from the sin of ingratitude impels me to write my testimony.
It is now nearly eight years since I became interested in Christian Science, at which time I was healed of an organic trouble that had baffled the skill of twelve of the best doctors I could hear of in my own city, in Albany, and in New York city, covering a period of more than six years.
It is over ten years since I first heard of Christian Science.
It is about fourteen months ago that I first heard of Christian Science and began to take an interest in it.
I feel very thankful for the many blessings that have come to me through the understanding of Truth in Christian Science.
For seven or eight years I have been receiving benefits from Christian Science, and feel that I should no longer withhold my testimony from among those of the rapidly increasing multitude who with one accord are sending up a song of thanksgiving to God, for His revelation of Truth to this age through our beloved Leader.
It is with a feeling of inestimable gratitude to our dear Leader that I am happy to acknowledge my healing of asthmatic trouble through Christian Science.
I would be very ungrateful indeed if I did not acknowledge the benefit I have received from Christian Science.
It is now over three years since I first became interested in Christian Science, and in all that time I have depended entirely on it for the overcoming of physical discord.
Prompted by recent experiences I submit the following partial statement of what the life and work of our Leader means to me.
I feel more grateful every day for what I have learned in Christian Science and for what it has done for me.
It will soon be one year since I have had the happiness to know Christian Science, and I desire to express my gratitude for all the good it had brought me.
Christian Science, of which I first heard in July, 1905, has entirely changed my life.
I wish to add a note to the great song of praise which is being raised for Christian Science and for the overcoming of sin, sickness, and sorrow.
I have been studying Christian Science only a short time, but by diligence and the help of a practitioner for a period of two months, diseases of eighteen years' standing have been completely cured.
A year ago last May I was healed by reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by our beloved Leader, Mrs.
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"Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," containing many important changes and additions by the author.
