September 2, 1911
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In his message vetoing the farmers' free list bill, President Taft declares that the same reasons which impelled him to decline to sign the wool bill, controlled him in this case, and in his summary objects to it because he thinks it should not be considered until the tariff board shall make report upon the schedules it affects; because the bill is so loosely drawn as to involve the government in endless litigation and to leave the commercial community in disastrous doubt ; because it places the finished product on the free list, but retains on the dutiable list the raw material and the machinery with which such finished product is made, and thus puts at a needless disadvantage our American manufacturers; that, while purporting, by putting agricultural implements, meat, and flour on the free list, to reduce their price to the consumers, it does not do so, but only gives to Canada valuable concessions which might be used by the executive to expand reciprocity with that country in accordance with the direction of Congress.
ON
a recent ocean voyage the question presented itself of how best to give to the seamen's fund.
In
an article recently published in the Sentinel, there appeared this sentence: "The closed hand cannot receive.
AT
the time when the rulers were accusing Christ Jesus of unlawful practices, and scheming to put him out of the way, John the Baptist, who had been cast into prison by Herod, heard of the wonderful works wrought by Jesus and which had so roused the wrath and jealousy of the rulers, and he sent messengers to inquire if he were really the Messiah, or whether they should look for another.
We
often hear it said by Christian Scientists that they never really appreciated the Bible until they began to understand Christian Science.
In
conversation with others recently, on the advisability and necessity of all loyal and active members of branch churches becoming members of The Mother Church, in order to receive the full privileges of membership with the "vine" over which our revered Leader has held such loving and careful supervision, the following from the <a class="tome-reference"
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The Publishing Society now has on sale a fine photogravure of Mrs.
The religious body to which our clerical critic belongs has had every opportunity of giving the people a religion capable of appealing more strongly to their spiritual needs, and open to a higher degree of proof than Christian Science.
A large percentage of the membership of the Christian Science church were formerly consistent working members in the various orthodox churches, and it is a fair assumption to say that if these churches had ministered to the needs of these people they would not have become afflicted with a "waning faith" which would lead them into the acceptance of what the good doctor is pleased to term a "half-truth.
With all other Christian churches, Christian Science teaches that God is the only creator, absolute good, infinite, omnipotent, and eternal.
There is no gainsaying the fact that sin claims to exert an influence over mortals.
Christian Science does not teach that sin, sickness, and death are not a part of the experience of this mortal existence, and no one knows better than a Christian Scientist how real pain and suffering seem to the one afficted.
The special report on religious bodies compiled by the bureau of the census, gives the number of church-members in the United States as thirty-three millions in round numbers.
To say that Christian Science enables one to succeed and be comfortable while yet pursuing a wrong course, is the very opposite of the truth.
The abstract statement that "Christian Science opposes the Bible by denying the reality of matter" is one impossible of proof.
THESE
are the days when the husbandman, as he looks out over his broad fields of grain, fast ripening under the September sun, rejoices to see the approaching fruition of months of labor and waiting,—the breaking up of the bare brown earth, the sowing of the seed, the growth of the tiny green spearlike blades that first pierce the soil, until they burst into flower and fruit, giving promise of an abundant harvest; and happy is he who has secured his laborers against the time of reaping, that the golden grain waste not upon its stalk.
SHE
was a very bright old lady, and for more than four score years she had lived a life of devotion to the fulfilment of her highest concept of Christian faith and duty.
As
Labor day comes round it has a lesson for each one of us, inasmuch as this is the age of workers, not of idlers.
Through the courtesy of our English friends we have been favored with a copy of the loyal and dutiful address of the Christian Science churches and societies in the empire presented to their most gracious Majesties King George V and Queen Mary, and also of the letter sent in response.
It is with inexpressible joy and gratitude to God, and also to our beloved Leader, that I send my testimony, for there is no part of my life untouched by the hallowed influence of Christian Science, and as freely I have received, I would freely give, longing for all to know the possibility of perfect healing.
I wish to express my sincere gratitude for all that Christian Science has done for me.
I feel that I was divinely led to investigate Christian Science.
When I first heard of Christian Science and listened to an explanation of what it taught and what it accomplished, I decided to read its text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
In the course of most people's lives there comes a time when the perplexing problems of material existence reach a climax.
For many years I was a sufferer from organic diseases, the kidneys, bladder, stomach, heart, and bowels being involved; in fact, there seemed to be no soundness from head to foot.
About three years ago, on alighting from a street-car, was thrown thrown so heavily to the pavement as to tear my clothing and to break the enamel on a watch-charm I was wearing.
Compared to the peace and joy and spiritual upliftment which the study of Christian Science brings into one's life, the physical healing seems almost unimportant ; but, as Mrs.
When I went to a Christian Science practitioner for treatment, I had reached the end of a darkened path in which I had walked for long weeks with great hardness and bitterness of thought.
When I first heard of Christian Science, over nine years ago, I was ill and very unhappy.
Words are inadequate to express my thank and appreciation for the benefits I have received for myself and family during the last year in Christian, Science.
Before I became acquainted with Christian Science I was troubled with catarrh.
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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEXT-BOOK, "SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.
