Sensational disclosures are contained in a report furnished to the New York Fire Commissioner by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, showing the result of an examination of the city's fire hose by experts of the National Board.
It
has been said that the assertion that there are people living to-day who can heal the sick in the same manner as Jesus and the apostles healed, savors strongly of presumption, and there is a tendency to regard with some measure of suspicion those who make this claim either for themselves or others.
Many
of the important labor-saving devices which aid in the spread of civilization and add to the comfort of human life, were in their early forms crude cumbrous machines of relatively low efficiency.
The quality of faith, which, if we may take the authorized version of the New Testament as correct, held so high a place in the estimation of the Founder of Christianity, often seems in these latter days to be relegated to a very inferior position in the modern Christian's spiritual equipment.
I presume our critic feels that he was justified in his remarks, and I feel certain that he wants to be fair and honest and strives to live up to the highest demands of his profession.
It is certainly generous of our critic to champion the medical profession, but quite unnecessary, as Christian Scientists are in no way unfriendly to the profession, recognizing as we do their constant devotion and self-denial in alleviating the sense of suffering in the human experience; and no word of censure or unkind criticism is used against them by any worthy Christian Scientist, even when the doctor's efforts have failed of success.
In
the 1907 second revised edition of our text-book, Science and Health, some changes have been made in the line numbers since the Quarterly for January, February, March was prepared.
I request
the Christian Scientists universally to read the paragraph beginning at line 30 of page 442 in the edition of Science and Health which will be issued Feb.
It
is well known that a great many physicians have turned to Christian Science to be healed of diseases which their own skill could not overcome, also that not a few have sent some of their so-called incurable patients to practitioners of Christian Science, but it is not often that a physician in active practice voluntarily appears as the defender of a system which differs so radically from his own as does the new-old Christianity of which Science and Health is the text-book.
It
is no means an unusual thing to hear people questioning the correctness of the Biblical statements relative to the great age of those who lived before the deluge and of some who lived after it, and by general consent, the age limit mentioned in one of the Psalms,—"three score years and ten,"—has come to be regarded as the utmost extent of human existence except in rare cases.
The
Field is reminded that work on the new building for The Christian Science Publishing Society is being pushed as rapidly as possible, and this means that large payments are being made by the Treasurer.
with contributions from Joseph G. Mann, Herbert W. Eustace, John L. Rendall, Sara L. McCain, A. J. Allen, Mattie L. Ethridge, Victoria G. McCord, Bevy C. Godwin, Nannie E. Gatlin, Emma McKenzie, William A. Morse, Mary C. Metcalf, J. Swan, Rachel Freshman Marshall, Esther I. Seals, Bessie B. Canniff
For some time I have been reading the Sentinel, enjoying the many testimonies of healing, but never until now have I felt it was my duty as well as privilege to give to others some of the good I have received through its pages.
When Christian Science first came to me, more than two years ago, I was suffering from a severe attack of lung trouble, besides having rheumatic trouble.
Three years ago, while living in Iowa, our little son, then just past four years old, was stricken with what the doctors called a dreaded spinal -disease.
For six years I was sick, and nearly all the time under the care of the best physicians, but without receiving any benefit, till at last I despaired of ever getting better.
When,
on my couch, last night, pain seemed to search meout,And cast its ghostly thrall my helpless sleep about,Waking at length to consciousness more clear and free,My heart I found, dear God, already turned to Thee,Already turned, great Love, in trust to Thee!
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with contributions from Joseph G. Mann, Herbert W. Eustace, John L. Rendall, Sara L. McCain, A. J. Allen, Mattie L. Ethridge, Victoria G. McCord, Bevy C. Godwin, Nannie E. Gatlin, Emma McKenzie, William A. Morse, Mary C. Metcalf, J. Swan, Rachel Freshman Marshall, Esther I. Seals, Bessie B. Canniff