During the past summer lookouts have been posted at fire observation and signal stations on four mountains in the Adirondack region of New York, and in consequence the territory under observation has been free of any dangerous fire, something which has not happened before in years.
The
straight and narrow way referred to in Scripture is a mental pathway, and Christian Scientists are endeavoring to tread it by abiding in right thinking.
The
word realization is used so frequently in our literature that it is of great importance that we understand it thoroughly before we can feel sure of deriving from the study of the literature the unbounded good with which it teems for those prepared to receive it.
Amid
the scenes of that which we call death,The stronger thought of Life and Truth and Love,If held through all the clamor and the rushOf speechless anguish, loss, and sense of pain,Will keep the heart untroubled, undismayed.
To a vast number of people, to the great majority probably of the citizens of the world, Christian Science healing still stands for a purely medical process.
Healing in Christian Science results today, as in our Lord's ministry, from the wholesome, uplifting, vivifying influence upon human minds and bodies of that divine Truth and Love which emanate alone from, and are inherent in, the Mind "which was also in Christ Jesus.
Does it not appear to be contrary to the fundamental principles of Christianity when one or more denominations support and in some cases use their own sacred edifices toward forwarding a movement devoted to "knocking" another religion?
Large
and round the golden moonMoves a lake of clouds aboon,And the clouds like waves of laceDrift against the planet's face,While a lone star shining nighGems a rift of azure sky.
All debts against First Church of Christ, Scientist, of this city, having been paid, the formal dedication of the church building is to be held on Sunday next [Oct.
In
reading the testimonies of healing published in the Sentinel and Journal, one becomes impressed with the large number of cases wherein the fears of the patient and of his friends are plainly disclosed to have been "the procuring cause and foundation".
with contributions from Anne Dodge, E. F. Hatfield, Virgil O. Strickler, Ella G. Young, Eva Stephens Week, Charles G. Bliss, Etta D. Smith, Charles Lacey Plumb, Florence D. Fiske, William Gellatly, Annie L. See, Bauman L. Belden, Bertha D. Woodling, John E. Cooper, Mary A. Armstrong, Carl H. Pierce, Myra Fay Grant, Nellie Mowry Breckenridge, Bess Louise Black, H. W. Breckenridge, Stella Lowe Colburn
It is over six years since I first became interested in Christian Science, and from the first words which I read in Science and Health I thought it a most wonderful revelation of the truth, and I have never, not for one moment, had the least feeling of criticism toward the one through whom this great revelation has come.
I did not come into Christian Science on account of any great physical healing, but was divinely led into this truth through some of my loved ones, for which I am truly grateful.
Desiring to acknowledge the healing power of Christian Science, I will relate my experience, which was to me and all of my family proof positive that truth can and does destroy pain and suffering whenever it is properly applied.
I came to Christian Science for the healing of a stomach and bowel difficulty with which I had always been troubled, and which the doctors said was of a serious nature.
It is now about five years since I began the study of Christian Science, and all time we have been many miles from any Scientists, but the Sentinel comes each week like a dear friend, offering good tidings to all who will read ; and what a help it has been ! The testimonies are so good, and I realize that God is leading His people out of bondage.
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with contributions from Anne Dodge, E. F. Hatfield, Virgil O. Strickler, Ella G. Young, Eva Stephens Week, Charles G. Bliss, Etta D. Smith, Charles Lacey Plumb, Florence D. Fiske, William Gellatly, Annie L. See, Bauman L. Belden, Bertha D. Woodling, John E. Cooper, Mary A. Armstrong, Carl H. Pierce, Myra Fay Grant, Nellie Mowry Breckenridge, Bess Louise Black, H. W. Breckenridge, Stella Lowe Colburn