Hearings by the government commission on second class postage rates, which have been held in New York for the last month, have ended and Justice Charles E.
The
opposition of the carnal mind to the idea of spiritual perfection only goes to prove that this so-called mind is made up of elements that are not related to spirituality.
In
the passages of Scripture from the third chapter of the first epistle of John selected by our Leader to be read at the Sunday services as correlative to the "scientific statement of being" from the Christian Science text-book.
During
a yachting cruise on the west coast of Scotland, I remember on one occasion being compelled to take shelter from a storm in an almost landlocked loch.
There
is no power save Love,Resistless, tender, true,In all the worlds above,The universe all through,—In heaven, on earth, and e'en in hell,Throughout all time, in every place,There omnipresent Love must dwell,As universal as is space.
In discussing the question of payment for mental healing, I have no intention of dealing with the whole ground covered by Clifford Howard in his article in your issue for May.
Even after the monopoly or trust-seeking doctors had commenced their campaign against those who employed external methods in the treatment of disease, they disavowed all desire to interfere with the freedom of the people in the treatment of disease, if the healing was a part of their religious convictions, or to interfere with those who practised such treatment as a part of their religious belief, unless they administered deadly drugs.
If anything were necessary to prove the vitality of the Christian Science movement, it could have been found in the fact that on a beautiful Saturday evening at the close of the coronation festivities Queen's Hall was packed from floor to ceiling with an audience bent on listening to a lecture on the subject.
To one who has made a study of Christian Science, and who has been able to discern somewhat of its premise and conclusion, nothing could be clearer than the fact that it eschews, yea, abolishes all human will-power or human mind action.
In the report of the subcommittee of the British Medical Association on "faith-healing," a bishop declared that he could not draw any marked distinction between the claims of such healing alleged by Christian Scientists, by Church of England healers, by Mohammedans, or by members of other religions.
Christian Science healing is the result of spiritual understanding, and those who are healed by it can say with the apostle, "I know whom I have believed.
One
of the numerous fallacies imposed on many who are taking their first steps in Christian Science, is the belief that the practice of this healing religion is confined to the use or reiteration of some formula or combination of words; whereas in their experience of its saving power it should have been made clear to them that it is the knowledge of God and man's relation to Him that heals the sick.
No
thoughtful observer of common conversation can fail to note the well-nigh universal and often quite unconscious habit of dodging responsibility for statements, by prefacing them with "They say," or "It is reported.
with contributions from Albert M. Snook, Arthur C. Wakeley
That Aurora has a very considerable following of the Christian Science faith was evidenced by the large audience assembled in the People's Church last evening [May 10] to hear an address by Bliss Knapp.
It is with a heart full of gratitude to God for Christian Science that I relate what has been done for me, and I sincerely hope that others may be benefited by reading my experience.
Both my husband and myself feel very grateful for what has been done for us, and we wish to add our testimony to the healing power of Truth and Love as demonstrated in our own experience.
My daily prayer is that I may dwell more and more "in the secret place of the most High," and every hour I shall strive to realize more of the omnipotence and omnipresence of divine Love.
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