Gifford Pinchot, in an address before an audience of twenty-five hundred people in Carnegie Hall, New York, last week, said: "There is a vigorous, well-organized, clear-cut opposition to the movement of conservation, as it was defined by Mr.
That
democracy, or rule by majorities, is the most advantageous system for the administration of human affairs, providing the people are prepared for it, no one seriously questions.
In
our Leader's brief but wonderful description of the unfolding to her thought of the great verities of Spirit, she affirms that the Bible was her only text-book, and adds: "The Scriptures were illumined; reason and revelation were reconciled, and afterward the truth of Christian Science was demonstrated".
The
Wednesday evening meetings were established by our Leader that the public might have an opportunity to know of the benefits to be derived from the teachings of Christian Science.
In Christian Science, the reverend critic averred, the health of the body was made the chief feature, whereas in the New Testament it was the salvation of the soul that was emphasized.
The speaker is quoted as referring to Christian Science as a "self-centered system," which "teaches how to help one's self, how to get away from one's own troubles; but duty, responsibility, and the helping of others are minor considerations.
We expect to commence the construction of our new church edifice about May first of this year, and for this purpose we have purchases one of the best sites in the city, facing the beautiful grounds of our state capitol, the building to be of the type now favored in the designing of Christian Science churches.
O Tend'Rest
Love, that guides the stumbling feet,And keepest them in paths where Thou dost bide;I cannot stray beyond Thy watchful care,But always 'neath Thy shelt'ring wing may hide.
Probably
no phase of Christian Science teaching is so generally misunderstood by those outside its borders as that which exposes and denounces the operations of so-called animal magnetism, and yet the teaching on this subject is so plainly stated by Mrs.
In
no one thing, perhaps, has Christian Science more helpfully influenced human thought than in its redirection of the world's attention to the very simple truth that effects are to be adequately dealth with only as we address ourselves to the removal of their final cause.
It
is possible that very few persons have the highest motives when they begin to obey God's laws,—they may fear the consequences of wrong-doing; yet even in such cases it might be said that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
with contributions from Frederick Dixon, Frank B. Homans, Helen W. Bingham, Mary E. O'Harra, William C. Off, William Clark, William Moore, H. E. Aukeney, E. A. Elwell, D. A. Parker, T. B. Moore, O. L. Olsen, Carl A. Sandahl, O. M. Sandahl, U. E. Hill, Al Kuntz, Lloyd B. Coate
The change in the explanatory note, as recently sent to First Readers by the Publishing Society, was made after the April Quarterly had been printed, but it will appear in the July issue.
I would like to express my gratitude, especially for the proofs of protecting and healing power of the teachings of Christian Science which I have experienced in cases of sudden injuries.
With a sense of devout thankfulness I wish to express my gratitude for the help which Christian Science has been to me, and for many manifestations of the power of divine Love.
Four years ago I was physically and mentally a wreck, and completely discouraged, as I had just come home from boarding-school with the expectation of having to give up my education.
When I think of my present happiness, and then of the days before I knew about this saving truth, I am indeed very thankful to God for Christian Science.
Surely
he'd come, this knight, and like the king,Arthur of old, redress the wrong and standFor honor, justice, and for stainless truth!In dream I saw him draw his sword,—the Word,Before whose power wrong shrinks, abashed and pale,Foreseeing doom in this one flash of light.
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with contributions from Frederick Dixon, Frank B. Homans, Helen W. Bingham, Mary E. O'Harra, William C. Off, William Clark, William Moore, H. E. Aukeney, E. A. Elwell, D. A. Parker, T. B. Moore, O. L. Olsen, Carl A. Sandahl, O. M. Sandahl, U. E. Hill, Al Kuntz, Lloyd B. Coate