The Supreme Court of the United States last week refused to take cognizance in a case involving responsibility for a note given to pay a debt assumed in connection with a speculation on the stock exchange.
Looking
at the immense distance between present attainment and the perfect ideal, there may come to the student at times a feeling akin to dismay at the relatively insignificant portion of that distance which he has covered; or he may go to the extreme of regarding his problem too indulgently, excusing himself with the thought that he has all eternity in which to do his work.
As
the clear notes of truth begin to make their way into our awakened consciousness through the teaching of Christian Science, as given to this age by Mrs.
How often we are tempted, when thinking over events which are past or still proceeding, to make use of the words, "It would have been better if we had done this, or that," instead of what we actually did do; and much valuable time is thus spent in ineffectual speculation as to what would have happened if we had done what we did not do.
Though
often reminded, we are apt to forget that the present moment is the only time we really possess; it is the only time that is really in our keeping.
How
uplifting, refreshing, and revivifying are the inspired utterances of divine Truth and Love! Only ponder the marvelous beauty of the following words: "Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Striking illustrations of the rapid decline in the use of drugs in the hospitals of the country featured the session of the eleventh annual conference of the American Hospital Association here.
In a recent issue there appeared an article containing this statement: "Almost everybody outside of the Christian Science persuasion already believes in prevention and skilful surgeons.
While reading a communication in a recent issue signed "Spectator," it seemed to me that much difficulty might arise in determining which of the many different methods of treating disease should be classified as "false and ignorant systems.
It would be impossible for any one to believe more firmly and unequivocally in the divinity of Christ than Christian Scientists are taught to believe in it.
Our critic states that "Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever; and is just as able to heal today as when he said to the leper, 'Be thou clean.
Christian Science relies wholly upon the power of God to heal; and since God is all powerful, it follows that there is no disease that cannot be healed through the correct application of the method taught in Christian Science.
That the members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, have determined to erect an imposing temple in the Western Addition is now assured, and the church will be erected upon their lot at the corner of Franklin and California streets.
with contributions from Eva S. Lombard, Mary Baker Eddy, W. H. Vogell, J. Allen Barris, Edith Sackett, R. Stanhope Easterday, Clare G. Cameron, Emily Wright Hood, Stephen Metcalf, Olive Allison, Emerson W. Chaille, Arthur E. Overbury, Grace S. Voorhees, Rose E. Kent, Calvin C. Hill, Hannah M. Evans
I accepted Christian Science, took a few weeks' treatment, and after studying the Bible in connection with Science and Health, in one year I was back in business, and have been constantly growing stronger in the Lord, seeking to follow as a little child in the way shown us, and experiencing that blessed assurance of God's love and His watchful care with a sense of peace, harmony, and trust in Him that is very satisfying, and that I never knew before.
My attention was called to Christian Science by the healing of a friend from a very serious ailment, and it was through her that I was induced to call on the practitioner through whom she had been healed.
My experience of July 4, 1908, may be of help to others, should they ever find themselves confronted by the same form of error that confronted me on this day.
During the month of August, 1906, I was suffering from a form of malarial fever, as diagnosed by a physician, and had no normal action of the system for weeks.
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with contributions from Eva S. Lombard, Mary Baker Eddy, W. H. Vogell, J. Allen Barris, Edith Sackett, R. Stanhope Easterday, Clare G. Cameron, Emily Wright Hood, Stephen Metcalf, Olive Allison, Emerson W. Chaille, Arthur E. Overbury, Grace S. Voorhees, Rose E. Kent, Calvin C. Hill, Hannah M. Evans