Sworn statements and other documentary evidence intended to support the charges made against the United States Steel Corporation by the American Federation of Labor, have been presented to Attorney-general Wickersham.
Innumerable,
indescribable, at times even fantastic, monstrous, and well-nigh incredible, are the processes through which human beliefs are formed and nurtured; whether we speak of such as individual or collective, as exceptional or general, as ancient or modern, as national, racial, or climatic.
We
learn in Christian Science that man is the reflection of God, and all that he is and all that he has, in reality, he has by virtue of spiritual reflection of the one infinite source of being.
As Christian Scientist, we deem it a privilege to do any helpful thing for another, and many of us are in the attitude of seeking out ways and means for such helpfulness.
No one living in Brigham street is likely to object to the erection on that highway of a sanctuary for Second Church of Christ, Scientist—commonly called the Christian Science Church.
That the sharp line existing between Christian Science teaching and practice and other systems of mental healing may be defined to your readers, I ask your indulgence to explain it.
There has of late swept through the country a small tornado of exaggerated and delirious language in reference to Christian Science, and congresses, and congregations have sat and listened while the enormities of Christian Scientist have been expatiated upon and sometimes gloated over.
That Christian Science heals only that class of diseases which the medical profession considers due to hysteria, as claimed in an article in a recent issue of this paper, is a very old theory, and one which has been used over and over by those who have attempted to discredit Christian Science healing.
The question has been asked by a critic, why Christian Scientists do not start a hospital for demonstrating Christian Science healing on a large scale.
Christian Science teaches implicit obedience to the commandments of Christ Jesus, the necessity of becoming as a little child; innocence, humility, and obedience; yes, more, holiness.
The report of a recent discussion by physicians, ministers, and others of "Faith-healing from a Medical Standpoint," which was published in Oak Leaves, contains some statements about Christian Science which I desire the privilege of correcting.
It ought to be acknowledged that the purpose of Christian religions is to acquaint men with God as defined in the Scriptures and as exemplified in the life of the Nazarene, and with a method of salvation based upon such knowledge which will enable the individual to understand the significance of life in its true sense and express the will of God the creator.
The
question of medical legislation in one or another of the various phases it annually assumes, is, as usual at this season, receiving the attention of the unprejudiced newspapers of the country, and we note among them an editorial in the Toledo.
In
any catalogue of the known obstacles to spiritual progress contentment-without-increase would certainly find place well toward the head of the list.
There
are many who criticize what they mistakenly suppose to be the teachings of Christian Science, because they have never thought of man as a spiritual being.
with contributions from Mana Willis Fisher, Carl H. Pierce, Phineas P. Cahana, Mary L. Williams, A. L. Remick, B. F. Smart, Mabel P. Hill, Carrie Young, Charles Gambrill Baldwin, Bettie A. Stotts, G. Fuller
Harriet C. Starr
with contributions from Fannie E. Campbell
It is now over five years since I became interested in Christian Science, and I feel it is my duty to tell some of the benefits received from its teachings.
Some five years ago, while at work as a carpenter, in taking some measurements on a ceiling I lost my balance and fell from the trestle to the floot, injuring my right arm severely.
I was led into Christian Science about two years ago for physical reasons, thinking I could make use of it as I would any other remedy, and then drop it.
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with contributions from Mana Willis Fisher, Carl H. Pierce, Phineas P. Cahana, Mary L. Williams, A. L. Remick, B. F. Smart, Mabel P. Hill, Carrie Young, Charles Gambrill Baldwin, Bettie A. Stotts, G. Fuller