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Senator John D. Works of California made a remarkable...
New York Sun
Senator John D. Works of California made a remarkable speech in the United States Senate today [July 6] in which he defended Christian Science and told his colleagues how he and members of his family had been healed of their infirmities by practising it. The senator's frank avowal of his faith in the efficacy of Christian Science treatment and his recital of his family experiences surprised and interested his colleagues. He was speaking in opposition to a bill introduced by Senator Owen of Oklahoma creating a department of public health.
The galleries showed a fair representation of Christian Science followers who came with knowledge in advance as to the character of the speech. They indicated their appreciation by smiles and nods of approval. Senator Works was heartily congratulated by Senator Clapp of Minnesota at the conclusion. The senator from Minnesota is a regular attendant at the Christian Science church in Washington and has been a believer in the healing power of the Christian Science faith for many years. His confidence is based on his own experience in being cured of an aggravated case of rheumatism that had baffled regular physicians. There is at least one other senator who attends regularly the Sunday readings of the Christian Science church, but he was not present today to hear Senator Works.
The senator from California declared that the bill to create a department of public health was designed to create a "doctors' trust." His opposition to the measure is shared by all of the Christian Scientists of the country, who have been petitioning Congress in opposition to the Owen bill and manifesting their hostility in other ways. Senator Works stated that he himself had been cured of a persistent malady which he feared threatened his death. As a last resort he placed himself in the hands of a Christian Science healer and was restored to health. His wife was also cured after an illness of fifteen years with a disease which regular doctors said would yield only to the surgeon's knife. She was restored to health in three treatments, said Senator Works. The third cure to be wrought in the same family was that of the son from the drink habit. The young man at the close of a long debauch declared he felt inspired, in view of the wonderful healing effect of Christian Science upon his father and mother, to try the cure himself.
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July 15, 1911 issue
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THE ALL-KNOWING
CLARENCE W. CHADWICK.
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REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING
CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.
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"GO UP HIGHER"
BELLE A. MUNDY
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"OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES."
MAJOR FAITHFULL CUMBERLEGE.
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THE ONLY AUTHORITY
I. J. COPENHARVE.
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TRIBUTE TO THE READING-ROOMS
JULIAN SCHOLL.
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Into the heaven of Thy heart, O God,...
Lucy Larcom
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Our critic's respect for mental suggestion is almost as...
Frederick Dixon
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The critic alleges that the teachings of Christian Science...
Howard C. Van Meter
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Christian Science is sometimes misunderstood, and criticized...
John H. Wheeler
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AN INALIENABLE RIGHT
Archibald McLellan
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"SPIRITUAL THINGS."
Annie M. Knott
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CONSISTENCY AND CLEAR THOUGHT
John B. Willis
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from H. Edward Mills, August Blohm, A. B. Chamier, John M. Dean, Tim Needham
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During 1907 and the fore part of 1908 I was to mortal...
J. Robert Crouse
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In an article in The Christian Science Monitor, these...
Eleanora Money Coutts
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This is a plain statement of facts in regard to my little...
Mary Blandford French
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It is with deepest gratitude that I express the great...
Adelaide Husted Long
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I am truly thankful for Christian Science; not for myself...
Cora Hinsdell with contributions from Alice L. Hunter
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I have long wished to give a statement of my healing in...
Rosamond P. Wing with contributions from Christopher Wade, Mary W. Wade
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To grow a little wiser day by day,...
Dorothy M. Porges
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Frank N. Riale, Clayton R. Bowen, Francis Brown, Frank Oliver Hall