Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot, recently addressing the International Typographical Union Convention, warned his hearers that the future of the United States depends upon the conservation of its resources.
The
promises of the Bible take to themselves new meaning and new certainty, in the light of Christian Science, because Science brings the declaration and demonstration that all God's work is done according to law, and that the unfailing good which flows from the divine source does not come as the manifestation of personal favor, but of changeless divine Principle.
Young
students of Christian Science frequently question how it is that after coming into Science easily, and apparently making splendid headway, they once more find themselves confronted with the same problem which had troubled them before meeting with Science.
When
I first learned of Christian Science, and had myself been healed in a few treatments, its teachings seemed very lovely and good to me, as I heard them expressed in the testimony meetings.
While
studying a recent Lesson-Sermon I was much struck with the prayer used by Jesus in the raising of Lazarus; when he said, "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
In a recent issue you published a despatch from Baltimore containing the statement that two medical students of that city have announced the fact that they "are perfectly willing, in order to demonstrate the fallacy of the doctrines of Christian Scientists, to allow themselves to be inoculated with a pure tested culture of streptococcus pyogenes, provided any two followers of the faith do the same.
Our critic admits the power of mind upon the body, but undertakes to depreciate and ridicule the teachings of Christian Science on the ground that they are not new.
In order to point out the position of Christian Science with reference to the treatment of disease, I would like by way of introduction to ask this question: "Does matter or Mind do the thinking?
Our
readers are again warned against the circulation of manuscripts which purport to be extracts from letters written by our Leader to her students; alleged shorthand reports of instructions given by certain teachers to their pupils, and other papers of equally doubtful authenticity which are being passed from hand to hand.
In
reading the Psalms, and especially those portions which were more frequently used in the temple service, one is impressed with the earnestness with which the Christian believer is enjoined to maintain a spirit of gratitude and rejoicing.
The
first sentence of the Fourth Commandment—"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy"—is a metaphysical statement of the true manner of observing the Sabbath.
with contributions from Hovhanness G. Marcarian, Lucy Hays Eastman, John W. Vandervort, Kathryn McKey Alton, Frances J. Weinreich, C. H. Gibbs, Helen S. B. Ross, Florence Clerihew Boyd, J. B. Willis
with contributions from Richard Webb, Robert W. Foyle, Henry Prentiss
The Castle Theater was crowded to the doors last night [April 28], all available sitting and standing room being taken, to hear a lecture on Christian Science by Mr.
I had been healed of mental trouble, and numerous physical ailments had disappeared at the same time, still I found myself wondering if I could trust myself fully to Christian Science in times of intense suffering.
I have no words in which to express adequately my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me, but I give this testimony with pleasure, hoping it may be the means of helping some one.
Mary Pinnell
with contributions from Katharine Fairbank Cameron
Freely I have received, and freely do I give my testimony, that it may be added to thousands of others, and perhaps help some one who is seeking the light.
This testimony is given with the desire that it may help others as I have been helped through reading "Fruitage" in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
To Him who stays the waste of winds and waves,Who shapes the tender forms of flowers and leaves,And in the glow of sky at dawn and nightReflects the vision of a lovelier light,I make my prayer.
with contributions from Hovhanness G. Marcarian, Lucy Hays Eastman, John W. Vandervort, Kathryn McKey Alton, Frances J. Weinreich, C. H. Gibbs, Helen S. B. Ross, Florence Clerihew Boyd, J. B. Willis