The rule of a railroad limiting its liability to a certain stated sum where a passenger loses baggage carried on his ticket, has been upset by the appellate division of the New York supreme court.
It
is frequently the case that the beginner in the study of Christian Science, having not yet risen to that spiritual understanding which will later prove to him that "the only real senses of man are spiritual, emanating from divine Mind".
One
afternoon, in trying to amuse a small and very wilful child who had been left in my care, I devised a plan which I felt sure would appeal to her little heart, and broached it to her, only to be met by a cold and stubborn refusal to cooperate.
The repentance which overtakes a man and replaces his physical sense of material creation with the spiritual sense of true creation is a mental one, and was expressed by Paul in the advice to "let that mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus," for exactly in the proportion in which a man acquires the Mind of Christ, he comes to understand that creation is spiritual and not material, and then, in the words of Mrs.
Extraordinary as it is, it is nevertheless a matter of experience that the attempt to persuade the race to shake off the self-imposed shackles of evil invariably meets with suspicion and some degree of resentment.
It is being daily proven by practical demonstrations of the healing of physical and moral diseases, that Christian Science is both scientific and Christian.
Christian Scientists accept the statement of Christ Jesus that the kingdom of heaven is within, and they understand this to mean that heaven is not a locality, but a condition of thought.
Christian Science and mental suggestion are as opposite as the poles—one is human, the other is divine; therefore they can in no way be classified as one and the same.
The use of the word healing in connection with Christian Science is sometimes objected to, the criticism being made that a somewhat overreligious shading is thereby given.
With regard to recent despatches from Boston, in which the future of Christian Science is discussed with considerable freedom, permit me to say that much of the speculation indulged in on this subject fails to take into account several phases of the Christian Science movement which render extremely improbable the fulfilment of any of the unfavorable prophecies that have been coined out of the passing away of Mrs.
Supplementary
to the publication of the appointment to the board of lectureship for the official lecture year, from July 1, 1911, to June 30, 1912, in last week's issue of the Sentinel, it is fitting to call attention to Section 4, Article XXXII of the Manual of The Mother Church, which requires that each branch church shall annually provide for one or more lectures, and in this connection to note some of the details which make for satisfactory service.
In
last week's issue of the Sentinel we published a list of the members of the board of lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, together with their addresses, and attention is called above to certain instructions which have been sent out by the board for the information of the branch church officers who have in charge the arrangements for the lectures to be given by their respective churches.
There
is little doubt that the pursuit of happiness engages the attention of mankind more than aught else, at least until many disappointments make the quest seem hopeless to the majority of those who follow it, yet it is both natural and right to seek happiness.
Whatever
the field of human interest, in the last analysis that which begets envy and jealousy, strife and division, with all their attendant ills, is a false estimate of values, the failure to see that real achievement and real merit are determined not by the specific work one has performed, but by the spirit and efficiency with which he has performed it.
After two years' earnest study of Christian Science, and having through the daily reading of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" assimilated in some measure the spirit of the truth which maketh free, having furthermore experienced many blessings and also witnessed their coming to others, I feel that the time has arrived for me to express my deep gratitude to God, and also to our beloved Leader, Mrs.
When I turned to Christian Science for healing I had had a long experience with doctors and medicine, but had only become weak, thin, and discouraged, being told after going through an operation for appendicitis that I was left with almost hopeless conditions.
As the Sentinel comes into our home week after week, and I read the helpful and beautiful thoughts of some of the earnest workers in the field of Christian Science, who have given of their store that in turn others may be blessed, I realize that I too must express my gratitude to God for what Christian Science has done and is doing for me.
When I first heard of Christian Science I was suffering intensely from stricture of the throat and extreme nervousness, being obliged to have the throat dilated twice a week by a noted specialist.
As I realize the many blessings which Christian Science has brought to my home, I feel that I would be neglecting a sacred duty if I should fail to acknowledge them.
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