When
Jacob was called to "go up to Bethel" he realized that a change of raiment was necessary both for himself and his household, and he said to all that were with him, "Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments.
It
was a late autumn afternoon, and the warm glow of the setting sun was blending the tints of tree, and earth, and sky in a flood of golden harmony, while speaking to the awakened consciousness of the deeper harmonies of Truth and Love.
Ofttimes
the daily current of my lifeDoth seem so clogged with error, that I fainWould break a clearer channel, where the strifeAnd fret of endless conflict, and the painOf beating 'gainst the rocks that long have lainWhere now my way appears, are all unknown;Where, free from every hindrance, I might gainIn depth and breadth, till perfect I had grown.
It is never possible to be perfectly sure what an individual writer means by "faith-healing;" but if, as is commonly the case, the bishop meant the prayer to God to remove something He has either directly caused or indirectly permitted, then Christian Science has no affinity with it.
All Christians will concede that Christ Jesus understood and demonstrated the law of God in his mighty works among men, and he said of each disciple who believed.
Within
the past few days the world has been shocked by the calamity which has befallen the people of southern Italy, and the hearts and purses of the civilized world have opened in generous and loving response to the needs of the survivors of this greatest tragedy of its kind in modern history.
In
the third chapter of Acts we find a very beautiful promise in Peter's words, "the times of restitution of all things;" a promise which is linked to a kindred idea, viz.
The
hopelessness with which so many disease are invested by materia medica, the irresistible appeal of the idealism of Christ Jesus, and the unnumbered and unquestionable healings witnessed to in Christian Science,—all these are to-day impelling the suffering to seek for something better than pills and potions, and in response to their half-articulate longing, human sense has hastened to proffer so many mental panaceas that a great body of well-meaning people are utterly confused.
with contributions from Nina Eckstein, W. G. Smith, Lydia Cummins, J. D. Ritter, Sylvia Tilton, M. Biggs, W. R. Wilson, Dora I. Welch, Annie Wilson, Annie Newcombe, R. E. Wilson, Florence H. Barber, M. K. Banning, John T. Neu, Henry Jewett
First Church of Christ, Scientist, has outgrown Woodmen Hall, where it now worships, and the Adelphian Hall has been leased in order to accommodate the growing congregation.
If there is one who doubts that Christian Science does the works which its adherents claim for it, I would say to this one that my personal experience gives ample proof of the fact that Christian Science does heal the sick and reform the sinning.
Several years ago, while hungering and thirsting for righteousness,—spiritually starving, physically sick, mentally fatigued,—weary from trying to find God, good, in matter, crying for peace when there was no peace, I was asked by a dear friend who is a Christian Scientist to try Christian Science.
I have kept silence much longer than I should have done, and have failed to tell to the world the glad news of my being lifted out of the "valley of the shadow of death" through this glorious truth which saves and heals.
I have found that although the people who I knew had been helped and healed in Christian Science were all ready and willing to express gratitude for their healing, and some to give a testimony at the Wednesday evening meeting, there were but few who were willing to write one for the Sentinel or Journal.
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with contributions from Nina Eckstein, W. G. Smith, Lydia Cummins, J. D. Ritter, Sylvia Tilton, M. Biggs, W. R. Wilson, Dora I. Welch, Annie Wilson, Annie Newcombe, R. E. Wilson, Florence H. Barber, M. K. Banning, John T. Neu, Henry Jewett