During
the age of chivalry a man-at-arms could not become a knight until he had taken an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.
In
reading one of the letters to our Leader published in the Sentinel, some inspiring thoughts came to me which led to the question, What are the "fragments" that remained after the feeding of the five thousand?
It
gleams as lightning in the lurid shade;'Tis like the leaven that the housewife laidUnseen among the meal, till all was made;Like fisher's net, filled from the weltering deepWith bad and good, to cast aside or keep;It comes in silence, thief-like, while we sleep;Like the small mustard-seed, uncared, that fellAnd grew the mightiest of the herbs, untilThe birds of heaven upon her branches dwell;'Tis like the king who for his marriage-feastCalled rich and poor, the peasant and the priest;But all men made excuse, the greatest as the least.
There was once a clown who yearned to play tragedy, but who could never obtain a hearing owing to the peals of laughter which greeted him from a too faithful audience.
It
is one of the stock claims of those who have tried to secure repressive legislation respecting the practice of Christian Science, that they are impelled by a sincere interest in the welfare of the people, that their motive is unselfish, and that they are seeking to right a wrong which, strange to say, the people themselves have not voiced nor even discovered.
with contributions from Augusta E. Stetson, J. R. Mosley, Septimus J. Hanna, Camilla Hanna, Board of Directors, Evelyn Knowles, Frederick N. Cooke, Harry Sylvester, Williard S. Mattox
J. E. Rhein
with contributions from C. A. Hamilton
Standing one evening at twilight on a low hill, a range of which fringes the Colorado Desert in the State of California, I was trying to find my way through an opening in a large mountain, which it seemed should be just beyond.
If I should tell half the good I have gained by reading Science and Health there would be no room in this issue of the Sentinel for any one else to say a word.
For about forty-three years I had been seeking, from Socrates to Emerson, a solution of the life-problem, and mental harmony in ancient and modern philosophy, metaphysics, and psychology, in studying symbolism, mysticism, occultism, etc.
I desire to express in some small measure my ever-increasing sense of gratitude for the blessings which Christian Science has shed upon my earthly path, by healing my diseases and bringing me out of darkness into Truth's eternal light.
Methought I
saw a hill and heavy cross,And error crying, "Crucify!"Then on that cross the "perfect man" was nailed,While all the earth was black and heaven wailed.
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with contributions from Augusta E. Stetson, J. R. Mosley, Septimus J. Hanna, Camilla Hanna, Board of Directors, Evelyn Knowles, Frederick N. Cooke, Harry Sylvester, Williard S. Mattox