The of the Massachusetts Commission on Industrial Education says: "Boys and girls, young men and young women, are not only not directed toward the trades in our existing schools, but are often actually directed away from them by the bookish education of those schools and their purely academic traditions.
Any
one who has seen ancient coins must have been struck with at least one thought: the coins were the same as at the moment they were formed by the die.
It
often happens that an explanation is demanded of some of the profounder problems of Christian Science, before its claims in lesser matters are granted.
Every
earnest student, as he progresses in the Christian Science thought, must be surprised as well as delighted to acquire a more comprehensive and satisfactory conception of the real meaning of the word faith, as taught in Science and Health, where our beloved Leader explains that this faith must be founded upon spiritual understanding.
In simple justice, let me say first that our critic deserves the thanks of Christian Scientists for his honest recognition of the great part that Christian Science is taking in the present generation in healing the sick and reforming the sinful.
Our clerical critic starts off by acknowledging the good works of Christian Science, and then asserts that they come of evil; as if good could possibly come of evil.
Your correspondent raises an interesting question concerning the relationship between Christian Science and certain drugless methods of cure which he names.
with contributions from W. R. McQuiddy, Belle Wood, H. D. Yoder, J. McD. Trimble, J. A. Allen, Arthur J. Allen, Madella Smith, Wilfred G. G. Cole
The Board of Lectureship requests Christian Scientists not to make what purport to be typewritten copies or synopses of lectures; also not to circulate or make use of any such copies if they are prepared.
Some
years ago there was published in the Sentinel an editorial which touched upon the form and subject-matter of testimonies given at the Wednesday evening meetings, and subsequently a By-law on the subject was adopted by The Mother Church and published in the Manual.
The
teaching of Christian Science is clearly distinguished from many of the theories with which it has been mistakenly associated in uninformed opinion, by its steady insistence upon the scientific sense of identity and individuality.
"We
are now compelled to regard our conceptions of matter as symbolic of a Power which is essentially unknowable, and the existence of which we can recognize only in its manifestations.
with contributions from Charles D. Reynolds, Leroy B. Cramer, Jean Clerihew, Richard C. Leders, Meredith Perry Chase, Louise Souvan, Florence Robinson Theller, Annie Howell, Nemi Robertson, Emeline P. Abell, Margaret Riggs Cox, Margaret Dundee Gibb, Lewis C. Strang
with contributions from Anne Lebaron Drumm, H. Osterhaus, Georgia A. Beckley
First Church of Christ, Scientist, has arranged for more commodious quarters for its Reading Rooms and church services, and probably the removal from the present rooms will be made about March 1.
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.
While reading recently some testimonies of healing, it occurred to me that one who would not make public such blessings as have been mine in Christian Science, would be an ingrate indeed, although words are inadequate to express my gratitude.
In the spring of 1900 I had a severe attack of an eruptive fever, which seemed to leave my system in a debilitated state, and on examination by a prominent physician I was said to have serious lung trouble.
It is about two years since I began the study of Christian Science, and I wish to add my name to those who have told of the power of this grand truth to heal from sin and sickness.
In the fall of 1906, when a brother-in-law lay sick in my home, and a doctor said he probably would not live till morning, I saw Christian Science save and heal him.
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with contributions from Charles D. Reynolds, Leroy B. Cramer, Jean Clerihew, Richard C. Leders, Meredith Perry Chase, Louise Souvan, Florence Robinson Theller, Annie Howell, Nemi Robertson, Emeline P. Abell, Margaret Riggs Cox, Margaret Dundee Gibb, Lewis C. Strang