March 25, 1911
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The Boy Scout movement is emphasized as an aid to conservation by conservation by Gifford Pinchot, former chief forester, who says of it: "There are very many reasons why I believe in the Boy Scouts; one of the first of them is that I do not see how it is possible for any good scout to grow up without becoming a good forester.
The
last chapter of Deuteronomy and the first two chapters of Joshua narrate an incident of that memorable journey of the Israelites to the promised land which will prove helpful and instructive and well repay careful study on the part of Christian Scientists.
Many
students of Christian Science have doubtless passed through that stage wherein, with hearts filled with gratitude to God for healing, and with wonder at the clear, forceful logic of Christian Science, they have found themselves, in the exuberance of their joy, casting about for a convenient hill-top from which to proclaim the glad tidings to the world; have felt, too, the disappointment which comes when one's message is received with incredulous smiles, if not open antagonism, by those whom they most desire to interest in this new-found truth which has done so much for themselves.
The
chastening influence of self-knowledge through which the loyal Scientist passes is a searching period, attended with surprising discoveries, bare-faced and humiliating.
Those
who have studied Christian Science know that as they recognize the Principle of its teachings the unreality of any form of discord becomes apparent.
One
great source of wealth is exchange One gardener may have two hoes and no spade, another two spades and no hoe.
With
the new birth that comes to us in Christian Science, there dawns a clearer vision and the ability to utilize past experiences which at the time seemed to have no permanent value.
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The next admission of candidates will be June 2, 1911.
Death is mentioned in the Scriptures as an "enemy," and the "last" to be overcome.
Our ministerial critic returned to the charge against the Christian Scientists and against Christian Science last Sunday evening.
The hundreds of thousands of people who have been immeasurably benefited because of the beneficent teachings of Christian Science stand unitedly in the consciousness that it has brought to them that peace "which passeth all understanding;" that it has not only healed them of their physical troubles, but it has given them a higher and better understanding of God and man's relation to God, whereby they are enabled not only to be better and live better themselves, but also to help and benefit their fellow-men.
It is the good that is seen and felt in Christian Science practice that is its chief attraction, and that is today drawing all men unto it.
The clergyman's somewhat contemptuous criticism of what he considers to be the teaching of Christian Science, as quoted in your columns, is scarcely in keeping with the gentle thought of the Master he claims to serve, who reproved his own disciples for forbidding the work of the one who cast out devils in his name "because he followeth not us.
The numerous efforts made to force medical or health legislation of a certain kind through the various legislatures have attracted very little popular attention.
Christian Science does not teach that disease and pain are unreal to the human senses, any more than natural science teaches that matter is unreal to them.
The term "sin" has a much broader signification than that of the voluntary commission of wrong acts alone, but according to Webster it includes "all evil thoughts.
In
the early experience of most Christian Scientists there comes a time when they are so wonderfully impressed with the healing work that is being done for them and for others,—when they awaken to the realization that the power of Truth to heal is available today as it was in the time of the Master and his disciples,—that they simply bubble over with enthusiasm in their happiness over this new-found faith, and are eager to right every seemingly wrong condition in health or in morals among their friends, believing that all there is to do in order to accomplish this is to tell them of what they have themselves seen and heard.
Students
of Christian Science soon learn that in order to reach the highest results they must change their methods of thinking and doing.
The
familiar saying that a given statement is reasonable may mean very much or very little.
The finishing touches are being placed on the interior of the new Christian Science church building at Allegan and Walnut streets, and it is planned to hold the first service in the new edifice on Sunday, March 5, or March 12 at the latest.
It is with sincere gratitude for the many benefits which Christian Science has brought me that I give this testimony.
I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to God for my healing, and to Mrs.
Our Leader tells us in the Manual that "testimony in regard to the healing of the sick is highly important," so I send mine, hoping that it may be a help to some one.
A copy of Science and Health had been lent me, and though I could only keep it one day, I felt it did me much good.
When reading the Sentinel week after week, the thought comes to me, Why are there not more testimonies from England?
Three years ago I heard about Christian Science and it is with a heart filled with gratitude that I return thanks for what I have already received.
I send this testimony in the hope that Christian Science will help some other, as it has done so much for me.
In grateful acknowledgment of the many benefit received from Christian Science, I gladly offer my testimony to the healing power of Truth.
I feel impelled to testify to the healing of my sixteen-year-old daughter, who was treated for tubercular disease by the physicians in an infirmary.
It is with sincere gratitude that I desire to speak of the great blessings that have come to me through Christian Science.
For nearly three years I suffered from a form of paralysis and its attendant ills.
I was asked by a friend why I became interested in Christian Science, so I gave him the following reason: I was troubled with an eruption on my hands, neck, and face, which for over twenty years appeared every spring and lasted about six weeks.
My little boy had the measles when he was about fout years old, which left him with abscesses in both of his ears.
I was given up by the physicians nine years ago, from lung disease.
Into
a desert place come ye apart,The loving Master said, and rest awhile;For earthly hopes and joys have claimed thy heartAnd human ways and means thy thoughts beguile.
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The Christian Science Text-Book, "Science And Health With Key To The Scriptures.
