The Postmaster General, with the object in view of securing greater economy and equal efficiency in handling the postal business, has ordered a complete examination of the methods in vogue in every branch of the service.
The
divine demand, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect," calls forth the inquiry, Is there a scientific or exact knowledge of man?
It must early strike even the superficial reader of the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," with what a wealth of metaphor and illustration its statement of truth is made—a statement which its author, Mrs.
There
seems to be in the thought of many parents a latent conviction that their sons must pass through a period in which youthful follies are to be indulged and "wild oats" sown.
One
day, while thinking of the wondrous work and scope of Christian Science, it came to me suddenly that, in order to demonstrate its teachings more fully in daily life, every claim made by the corporeal senses, in their effort to manifest and maintain the belief of either pleasure or pain in the body, must be quickly detected and denied.
A recent correspondent expressed the opinion that Christian Science had a very limited sense of God's goodness, in that it failed to recognize what he declared to be plain to himself and others, namely, divine wisdom in the permission of sin, with the purpose of making goodness more apparent.
The recent sermon by Elder—on the subject of Christian Science indicates that while the gentleman expresses a desire to be fair in his criticisms, he is not as familiar with the teachings of this religion as one should be to discuss them intelligently.
The clergyman's assertion that "Christian Science has stumbled upon a great health-producing principle, with no more idea than the man in the moon how it got there," means simply that he has failed to comprehend how it got there.
In the September Christian Science Journal nearly one hundred pages are given up to a list of Christian Science churches and societies, and of practitioners, all over the world.
The new Christian Science church, which has recently been completed on Pandora street, two doors east of the Metropolitan church, immediately attracts the attention of the passerby, for its exterior is materially different in appearance to that of any building in the city.
We
cannot be alone, for thou art near!What though the midnight shadows close us round,And terror seems to lurk in sight and sound:Still are we safe, since thou, O Christ, art here!
A few
days ago we received a letter from a gentleman in the far West, in which he inquired concerning the teachings of Christian Science in regard to the use of alcoholic beverages.
It
is not surprising that thought should turn betimes to the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes, which begins with an admonition to remember our creator before the evil days draw nigh.
with contributions from Frank H. Leonard, Myra B. Lord, Isabella A. Potter, Bessie Brown Cobb, A. L. Van Arsdall, Laura C. Nourse, Frederic C. Hotchkiss, Louise Marshall, Irene A. Williams, Addie M. Robbins
[The following letter from a member of the board of lectureship not only shows a just and loving appreciation of Mrs.
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
In March, 1907, I was healed by Christian Science treatment, almost instantaneously, of tubercular disease, which had first resulted from a severe cold, accompanying a very bad case of alcoholic poisoning and two attacks of acute lung trouble.
While at a southern resort, last year, we were surrounded by people whose views on the subject of health, and other things were very different from those of Christian Scientists.
After more than eighteen years' study of our dear Leader's works, with daily proof of the power of Truth over error, we realize that we have but touched the hem of the garment, and eagerly press forward with renewed desire to obey the precepts laid down in our text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
Through the great benefit which my brother had received, I was induced to come to Christian Science for help, and it was while taking treatment myself that the question of the healing of my little girl was brought up.
For a long time I have felt it due to the Field that I bear testimony to what Christian Science has done for us, remembering the words of our Leader on page 372 of Science and Health, that "a just acknowledgment of Truth and what it has done for us is an effectual help.
I am so filled with gratitude to God that I feel I must impart some of the blessings which I have received and which I am receiving every day through the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
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with contributions from Frank H. Leonard, Myra B. Lord, Isabella A. Potter, Bessie Brown Cobb, A. L. Van Arsdall, Laura C. Nourse, Frederic C. Hotchkiss, Louise Marshall, Irene A. Williams, Addie M. Robbins