The end of the usurious "loan trust," which has made millions by forcing poor people to pay extortionate interest on money their necessities compelled them to borrow, is in sight in New York state.
In
Christian Science it is learned that both the letter and the spirit of Christianity are necessary if humanity is to experience, in its fullest sense, the blessings of the gospel.
In
the Bible we read: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
My
hands that were reaching so eagerly outHave closed on the hilt of a star;My eyes that were scanning the waters of doubtHave visioned the harbor afar.
I would suggest to this critic, before he again "lifts the veil and assumes the pressure," that he mingle with these people and obtain authentic knowledge concerning them, learning from them that Christ's teachings can be carried into every-day life,—in all their dealings with mankind as vigorously as upon the Sabbath.
If Christian Science was any such nonsense as our critic would have your readers believe, it would not command the attention of an ever-increasing number of intelligent and God-fearing men and women, recruited principally from the older churches, but containing a liberal sprinkling from the great unchurched throng.
Spiritual healing is effected by gaining a knowledge of the truth which Christ Jesus said would make men free, and this knowledge is acquired exactly in proportion as a man, walking in the footsteps of Christ Jesus, attains the Mind of Christ.
The results of Jesus' ministry proved that he knew more about the best way to cure or overcome sin, disease, and death than any one who ever trod the globe, and he promised to his followers throughout all time, "Greater Works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Our critic rightly argues that Jesus did not come to earth to relieve physical sickness, but this does not militate one iota against the significant preponderance of the healing work in his brief earth-ministry.
Driven
by the necessities of the case, both physicians and preachers are having much to say these days regarding the mental factor in the healing of disease.
with contributions from Walter Shaw, Annie Wilks, Virginia Reed Farr, P. Gundelfinger, H. M. Cobbey, Max Cahn, Emma G. Parsons, Caroline Getty, J. W. White, Ollie J. Black, L. W. Stone, Jenny W. Forsyth, Mary M. Myers, Theresa Wright Burton
At the close of my college course in 1905, I was left in a miserable mental and physical state, having suffered for a number of years from frequent attacks of acute stomach trouble accompanied by severe pains in the heart, etc.
Marian S. Neff
with contributions from Anna Stroube
In early childhood there came into my life a circumstance which at one stroke changed me from a care-free child into a thoughtful woman, with one purpose, around which everything was made to center.
I am very grateful for the many physical benefits received in Christian Science, which are, however, as nothing in comparison to the spiritual uplifting I have experienced through its teachings.
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with contributions from Walter Shaw, Annie Wilks, Virginia Reed Farr, P. Gundelfinger, H. M. Cobbey, Max Cahn, Emma G. Parsons, Caroline Getty, J. W. White, Ollie J. Black, L. W. Stone, Jenny W. Forsyth, Mary M. Myers, Theresa Wright Burton