July 17, 1909
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The headings in the great Gunnison tunnel, in south western Colorado, which is to carry the waters of the Gunnison river through the Vernal Mesa into the Uncompahgre valley on the other side, where they will be used for irrigation purposes, have met.
The
materialist might argue, If "flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God," men need not expect to enjoy the blessings of good health in this present world.
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may express certain qualities of mortal thought, as envy, selfishness, or fear; or, as an improved belief, he may express much good through faith, hope, and pure affection.
In
the opening chapter of Genesis, as we learn from the teachings of Christian Science, is the spiritual account of creation—the truth about God and man and the universe.
On
the plane of the human concept of existence, happiness is the chief end and aim, and health the important factor; therefore health and happiness are coupled in the thoughts of men.
Him evermore I beholdWalking in Galilee,Through the cornfield's waving gold,In hamlet or grassy wold,By the shores of the Beautiful Sea.
Whatever may be the opinion of the people at large about the Christian Science religion, it makes a strong appeal to some people by reason of the studied and successful efforts of the cult to attend strictly to their own business and permit their neightbors to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences.
The fact is that the world is suffering grievously from sickness and from pain, and is anxious beyond almost anything to rid itself of these.
The Christian Scientist believes the Bible teaching that it is God "who healeth all thy diseases.
Our critic declares that the fundamental tenet of Christian Science is this, "Matter does not exist.
The Master said, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Perhaps one of the most popular fallacies regarding the method of Christian Science is the idea that it ignores sin and sickness, and that if one only thinks he is well he will be so.
The teachings of Jesus and of all the prophets will remain a dead letter, mysterious and impractical, so long as the physical is considered the real and the spiritual the unreal.
Christian Scientists are firm believers in good ventilation, fresh air, soap and water; also in wholesome food and proper clothing for both children and adults.
The disciples and Paul did heal themselves and others through spiritual means and without drugs, and such healing by spiritual means, even to the raising of the dead, continued to be practised by the early church for some three hundred years.
Christian Science does not deny the existence of pain under the human laws of disease and of sin to which mortals are usually subject; but Christian Science does maintain and prove by practical results that the apostle Paul made no mistake when he said: "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
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The author of the Christian Science text-book takes no patients, and reads no letters on disease, distress, or error of any kind.
Frequently
the editors of the Sentinel are asked to write on various subjects, the elucidation of which their correspondents believe to be necessary to the upbuilding of the Christian Science movement in some particular place, and while the editors are glad to be of such service as they can, it should not be expected that they will undertake to comply with all these requests, or even a great number of them.
The
last supper of Jesus with his disciples has been a favorite theme of artists and theologians, and around it have centered many of the dogmas of creedal Christianity.
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There was an audience of greater proportions than could be comfortably accommodated in the Lesser Colston Hall last night [May 6] to hear a lecture on Christian Science by Francis J.
It is with a sense of deep gratitude to God, and to our beloved Leader, Mrs.
When a girl of sixteen years I was supposed to be injured through overwork, and this brought on a complication of diseases, among them a serious heart difficulty, which lasted for years and resulted in bloating on my left side and great distress.
I give this testimony with deep gratitude for all that Christian Science has done for me and my family.
Many times I have felt a great desire to make public acknowledgment, through our periodicals, of the great good and benefit that Christian Science has been and is to me and mine.
With a heart always full of gratitude for what Christian Science has accomplished for me and mine, today I must give expression to it, for my thankfulness is without measure.
I feel that words are inadequate to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me, for it found me, less than a year ago, discouraged, disheartened, and to mortal sense a physical wreck.
I am indeed thankful to God for the benefits and blessings I have received through Christian Science.
I wish to express my gratitude for two healings which I have had in Christian Science.
Having often had the opportunity to prove the healing power of Christian Science, I am sending these words in its praise, and for the honor of God.
Since I became interested in Christian Science it has been a great help to me and my family.
Our beloved Leader, Mrs.
In addition to other blessings which I have received through Christian Science, I would like to tell of the following experience, which occurred in the summer of 1907.
For the many blessings which I have received through Christian Science I am very grateful, and I hope my testimony may help some other sufferer.
I wish to express my gratitude for the healing of my boy through Christian Science treatment, after his case had been pronounced hopeless by the physicians.
The first real, earnest religious faith that shall arise upon the ruins of the old worn-out creeds will transform the whole of our actual social organization, because every strong and earnest faith tends to apply itself to every branch of human activity; because in every epoch of its existence the earth has ever tended to conform itself to the heaven in which it then believed; and because the whole history of humanity is but the repetition—in form and degree varying according to the diversity of the times—of the words of the dominical Christian prayer: "Thy kingdom come.
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The Christian Science Text-Book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
