An organization to be called the "Reserve Association of America," governed by forty-five directors, which will gradually absorb the privilege of issuing currency until it becomes the executive agency for that purpose, and have other large powers, is the plan of currency reform devised by Senator Nelson W.
When
Isaiah cried, "And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day," he must have had in mind the dawn of the Christ Science, for when the spiritual sense of the Scriptures is opened and illumined thereby, we are filled with joy and gratitude to see how gloriously optimistic is the chain of thought that runs throughout the inspired writings.
There
are some who in accepting Christian Science have experienced a haunting doubt as to the benefit of organization in connection with so spiritual a faith.
One
may believe in the efficacy of Christian Science as a remedial agent; he may prefer to trust himself in the hands of a practitioner of this faith rather than to employ a physician; he may enjoy attending the church services, and yet not be a Christian Scientist.
The
lessons we learn from the children are often such as never to be forgotten, and frequently prove the turning-point in our decisions, uncovering in the consciousness of those years older in material wisdom, lurking errors and fears which would hinder demonstration.
Christian Science
offers to mankind the greatest of all blessings, not alone in the regeneration of depraved consciousness and the restoration of health to the hopeless invalid, but also in awakening a sense of responsibility to prevent wrong conditions ; and this responsibility cannot be overlooked or ignored by those who wish to exemplify the teachings and practice of this religion.
The
one great question in which Christian Scientists are supremely interested, the one which should interest every professed follower of the Master, the one which, however long delayed or ignored, comes home at last to every thoughtful man and woman with the sharp thrust of fear or despair, is the one which was asked of Paul and Silas by the Roman jailer; namely, "What must I do to be saved?
When
one thinks of the unspeakable wrong which in all the ages has attended judgments that have been formed and expressed "without due examination," he no longer wonders at the abrupt, unqualified finality of the ninth commandment.
The
psalmist prayed, "Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips," and surely without divine aid no mortal can avoid doing himself harm through unguarded utterance.
I wish to testify to all the good which I have experienced during the last four years through the study of Christian Science, not only in the healing of disease, but in a spiritual uplift and the blessed sense of security in the bosom of our Father-Mother God.
I send my testimonial to what Christian Science has done for our son, that others who are suffering may know where they can get help from God through Christian Science.
One has so much to be grateful for in Christian Science, that I find it difficult to begin to tell of what it has done for my little son and myself during the last six years.
I am exceedingly grateful for the many benefits received from the understanding of Christian Science and the satisfactory results obtained through the application of its definite rules.
Having received so much benefit from reading the testimonials in the Christian Science publications, I wish to express my gratitude for these, because, when all else had failed, these statements led me to this truth for physical healing.
The
gray mists rose from the river,The white mists rose from the sea,And, inland swirling in silence,They swallowed the shore and the leaTill they isled in their hungry billowsThe lonely heart of me.
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