The Southern Pacific Railroad Company has filed its answer in the suit of the United States, to declare forfeited to the government for alleged violations of the conditions of the grant, 2,373,000 acres of timber and agricultural land, valued at sixty million dollars.
THE
world contains many people who cherish, as did the writer at one time, the foolish and pestiferous notion that to be "a good hater" is evidence of strength of character.
IN
the early stages of his experience in Christian Science one is likely to think that when he has sufficiently grown in grace, purged his own consciousness of very evident errors, that his life will be one long uninterrupted harmony.
IF
men but lived continuously in the attitude of humble, obedient alertness to the voice of God, what suffering would be avoided and what peace would be won, and how often, indeed, do we as Christian Scientists promise to do this, as we sing in the hymn written by our Leader.
THOSE
who accept Christian Science can truly say that for them "old things" have indeed passed away, because the spiritual sense of being has replaced material belief, but there are some of us who continue to carry in our consciousness an undercurrent of belief in sin, sickness, or sorrow.
Ho
! Come ye to the waters! Drink! No feeFor all thou drinkest shall be required of thee;For free to all this precious draft is given,To high, to low, to whole or riven,Who thirst in darkness, knowing not that here—Aye, at their side—is water pure and clear.
Christian Science accepts without qualification the declaration of Jesus that men must be born again, and it insists that this new birth only takes place as the carnal mind gives place to the Mind that was in Christ Jesus.
It is not every public speaker who is favored by a wouldbe interpreter, but it seems that the recent lecturer on Christian Science in your city had this experience.
I read in a late issue a clergyman's attack on the Christian Scientists, and I shall await with interest the dignified and courteous reply that observation has taught me is one of the characteristics of these peculiar Christians, who, when they are reviled, revile not again.
AN
essential feature of the Church of Christ, Scientist, is that in this church, as in primitive Christianity, works are more highly valued than are mere professions or outward show of form and ceremony.
No
one can read the history of the children of Israel without noting the extent to which their thought of possession was determined by material appetite.
My heart is so filled with gratitude for all those who have given so freely to the Journal and Sentinel, and for the great help I have received from testimonies, that I feel my own demonstration may reach some who are looking for the light and bring joy into their lives.
At the age of eighteen, after a severe attack of illness I was left with heart failure, although my condition was not considered serious until about ten years ago, when I was taken with severe pain in my left side.
Our experience in Christian Science is such a proof that "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump," I feel it may help some one whose family has not yet been able to grasp this wonderful truth about God.
I wish I could let every one in the world know what Christian Science has done for me, for I never knew what it was to be well and strong until I found this truth.
As I feel more and more grateful for Christian Science, after five years of its study, I will at least try to express something of what I feel for its many blessings.
I have often wished to tell of the many blessings I have received through Christian Science, and as I was reading the Lesson-Sermon one day the thought came to me to write my testimony at once.
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