February 26, 1910
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Construction of the entire tri-borough subway system of Greater New York with city money was agreed upon last week by the board of estimate and the public service commission as the transit program to be worked out by the new administration.
Out
in Colorado lived a woman whose people had been pioneers, so she loved the mountains and found delight in wandering through the pine forests that clothed their sides.
It
is sometimes assumed by persons who observe the workings of the Christian Science organization from a standpoint outside the ranks, that the form of government provided in the church Manual tends to hamper individual growth; that any system of external regulation interferes with spiritual progress; and that dependence on organization is contrary to the teachings of Jesus.
A certain
experience brought the writer face to face with the question, Has Christian Science failed to heal?
A seer
of Teman counseled one in woe, Whose cup of blight and banishment severeBut seasoned faith to bide the bitter flow Till tale of loss should ring with saintly cheer,—
It is fair, I think, to say that our friendly critic has based his objections on the idea that Christian Science accepts the theory of verbal inspiration so literally that, like a certain famous lady, it would not spare a letter of that blessed word Mesopotamia, and that on this basis it has erected a scientific castle in the air.
It is absolutely incorrect to say, as our critic does, that "the therapeutic side of Christian Science dominated everything else.
On page 345 of the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs.
Our critic refers to Christian Science as though it came under the category of systems, devised by the human mind, for the attempted removal of the discords of its own production.
God means more to Christian Scientists than to other denominations; so also does Jesus and every event of his career and every word of his teaching.
While Christian Science claims to be a reinstatement of primitive Christianity, and submits as one proof of this claim the healing works which are similar to those performed by the early Christians, physical healing is not the fundamental purpose of Christian Science, and is not therefore, as our critic seems to believe, the only proof offered of its truth or of its Scriptural basis.
I agree with the writer of this article that mental treatment of the sick, as it is ordinarily understood, and which deals exclusively with the carnal will, is not in accord with the practice of Jesus Christ, who said, "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Our critic says, "I cannot believe the method of Christian Scientists and that of Jesus the same.
I have just laid down a newspaper where I read the following words, written by a non-conforming minister, the Rev.
Christian Scientists believe in the omnipotence of God; that He has as much power to replace sickness and disease with health as He has to replace darkness with light, and that He is no more a respecter of diseases than He is of persons.
Christian Scientists do not boast that "Christian Science has turned Christianity upside down.
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The next admission of candidates will be June 3,1910.
Plans have been drawn and contracts awarded for the erection of a church edifice for First Church of Christ, Scientist, on the lot owned by that church, corner of Winthrop and Derby avenues.
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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.
We
have recently been asked by a member of a branch church to state whether it is proper and in line with good practice to designate and regard some one member of a branch church as its "head.
That
fine, high living is impossible to those entertaining a false concept of life is so manifest as to be a truism.
The gratitude I feel for Christian Science can never be expressed in words, but I give my testimony with the hope it may reach some one who is in need of this healing truth.
I have received so much help from Christian Science that I feel it a pleasant task to give my testimony to the readers of the Sentinel.
About four years ago, while coasting with children at school, my little son was thrown from a sled and injured more seriously than we realized at the time.
It is with a heart filled with gratitude that I am writing down what Christian Science has done for me.
I should like to tell of a case of instantaneous healing through Christian Science.
The psalmist says, "He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
I have been helped so many times by Christian Science, and so many are the blessings that have come to me through its teachings, that I wish to express my deep and sincere gratitude.
Christian Science was brought to my notice nearly two years ago, while looking for a good physician, whom I wished to consult with the hope of being relieved of severe backaches, apparently caused by kidney trouble.
About four years ago I became interested in Christian Science through attending First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Oakland, one Sabbath morning just out of curiosity.
I am very grateful to God, also to Mrs.
With a heart full of gratitude for the many blessings which have come to me through Christian Science, I am sending this testimony.
When reading the testimonies I have often wished I might be able to give to some hungry heart a word of hope, and as I have received so much good from these testimonies I will endeavor to tell of one of the many blessings I have received through Christian Science.
Christian Science was to me an unknown quantity, in fact something only to be ridiculed, until the following experience befell me.
On March 4, 1908, our baby, two years old, was very sick with croup and a severe cold on his lungs.
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The Christian Science Text-Book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
