A concerted action is to be made by sportsmen in all sections of the country and the Audubon Societies, with a view to ascertain the amount of game birds and animals taken each year.
He
was a bright young fellow, full of hope, cheerful, patient, and almost happy, as he lay on his none too comfortable couch, with surroundings that indicated poverty, but an earnest attempt to look fine.
In
the first book of Kings we read that "Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side,.
The material senses of the people amongst whom Jesus moved rarely rose to a clear perception of his words; and so, telling them that if they could not believe for the word's sake they must found their belief upon the works, he healed the sick and raised the dead and walked upon the waters, breaking every physical law in demonstration of the fact that those laws were not God's laws, and that a knowledge of God's law—that is, the spiritual law—would give man the dominion which the Bible declared God had given to him.
Unbiased investigation will prove beyond question that Christian Scientists are neither "weak-minded" nor "easily tempted by illusive bait," but that they have embraced this faith because it has been proven to them through actual experience to have met their needs, in sickness as well as in health, in a more practical and efficacious way than did the systems previously employed.
If there were nothing to be considered in the treatment of children by Christian Science but the argument of those whose knowledge of the system had been learned only by hearsay or by superficial reading or theory, the talk of our critic might be taken seriously.
Christian Science affirms that the only indestructible eternal essence is good, and that to seek to impose upon mankind the necessity of believing in the actual existence of a rival and hostile power is the strangest disservice that can be attempted in the name of him who came to destroy, for humanity in distress, the devil and all his works.
As the statements of Christian teaching are understood, it will be acknowledged by the honest and earnest follower of Christ that the theology and philosophy of Christian Science is as perfect in its simplicity as the Science of Christianity is exact and invariable in its Principle and rules.
A clerical critic says, "If religion is capable of healing the infirmities of the body, then religion is science, in so far at least as its relation to the human organism is concerned; and more than that, it is healing and healer combined.
In
identifying Truth with God, Christian Science gives the supreme statement and proof of the oneness of all truth,—that in the whole realm of the divine manifestation there are no contradictions, no discordant forces or laws.
with contributions from Board of Trustees, Edwin F. Hatfield, John D. Higgins, Ella S. Rathvon, H. L. Gwalter, R. E. Carey, Anna Davidson, Frank B. Homans, F. A. Walker
It is with a feeling of gratitude and love to God that I give my testimony, trusting it may help to bring health and happiness to some one who is in need of this wonderful truth which makes us free.
It was not for physical healing, though I was sadly in need of it, that I commenced the study of Christian Science, but merely out of curiosity to learn, if I could, how my husband's healing had been accomplished.
About ten years ago I became fully convinced of the efficacy of Christian Science healing in the case of other ailments than "hysteria and imaginary diseases.
Less than two years ago I had a severe attack of fever, all the dreaded symptoms appearing, but I was healed through Christian Science in one treatment.
God has done great things for me and mine through Christian Science, whereof I am glad, and I want to add my testimony to the many thousands that are rising daily from grateful hearts.
For two years I was a constant sufferer from severe rheumatic trouble, and tried every means for getting relief, going to different springs as a last resort.
In my case there have been many proofs of the power of Christian Science over what might be called lesser ills, but which still prove the power of Principle understood.
The Christian Science Text-Book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Other formats
As a subscriber, you can download any Sentinel issue published within the last 90 days (PDF, eBook, and audio). You can also take a look inside each issue as it originally appeared in print, starting with the very first issue from 1898.
with contributions from Board of Trustees, Edwin F. Hatfield, John D. Higgins, Ella S. Rathvon, H. L. Gwalter, R. E. Carey, Anna Davidson, Frank B. Homans, F. A. Walker