October 19, 1912
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Yielding to the demands of conservationists that coal lands hereafter be leasted by the government to private concerns, instead of allotted or sold, the interior department has announced that the plan would be tried.
To the human sense of things, accustomed to look through the lens of desire rather than of worthiness, it may seem at times that God is indifferent to the human appeal, if He does not actually withhold His blessing; but in the light of Christian Science we see that from God's standpoint, that is, from the standpoint of the perfect creator, man is ever in a perfect state.
Christian Science
brings to all who are ready to receive it, the glad message of universal salvation and complete redemption from bondage.
It
often happens that a seemingly unimportant circumstance has made manifest an important truth, and such an occurrence came to my notice recently.
In
Christian Science we learn that God is Truth, revealed to us through the Christ, the Word made manifest.
Recently
I had an experience of which I should like to tell, as I feel especially grateful for it.
In the Health and Hygiene Department in a recent issue there is reference to the bill before Congress establishing a bureau of health.
In an interesting resume of a Whitsunday sermon, the preacher appears to have discriminated between the joyous atmosphere of the early Christianity, when the church was full of life triumphant, and the modern clerical visitation of the sick, in which the minister of religion, who has been called in after the doctors have done all they could, must not come to the bedside as the agent of the life-giving Christ; all energy in that direction having been abdicated in favour of the "cranky followers of Mrs.
Our reverend critic loses sight of, or else is not aware of, the fact that Christian Science is based fundamentally and absolutely upon the Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ, who demonstrated by his works his knowledge of the power of the divine Principle to destroy sin and pain, and who commanded his followers not only to do likewise, but "greater works than these.
A recent issue of the Inter Ocean in connection with an account of the reduction of the force in the city health department, quotes Dr.
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With all due respect for the view of a "tolerant skeptic" concerning Christian Science, there are some points of its teaching on which he seems confused, and I beg to say a few words in connection therewith.
Christian Science has nothing whatever to do with the different religions of the Orient, ancient or modern, nor does it in any way contemplate the borrowing of anything from any sect or denomination.
A writer in a recent issue, under the pseudonym of "An Old Subscriber," urges that Christian Science "must be very open to attack," because assaults on it by contributors to the press are promptly refuted.
In
every movement, whether it be religious or otherwise, there is a tendency to gage its success wholly from the material standpoint, that is, to measure its importance by its numerical, social, or financial strength; and this all too common tendency, so far as it has a bearing on Christianity, is recognized and rebuked in a recent issue of the British Congregationalist, from which we quote the following paragraph:—
The
apostle Paul directs thought away from creed and ritual, even from that which meant so much to his coreligionists, namely, the passover, with its unleavened bread; and he tells them of a better way to keep the feast, which is to get rid of the "leaven of malice and wickedness," and to partake of "the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
They
who are privileged to look out upon New England hillsides these days have found themselves surrounded by battlements of color of wondrous variety and richness.
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Bliss Knapp lectured under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Brisbane, at the Albert hall, the attendance being about three hundred and fifty.
For twelve years I had been a traveling salesman, and during this time had contracted many bad habits, which eventually brought me to the point where I was willing to give up fighting for my health.
For a long time I have wanted to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has been to me for over five years, but a sense of timidity seemed to keep me from it.
While I am not a Christian Scientist, I have had enough experience in it to know there is great power for good in its teachings.
In retrun for the help which I have so often received from the testimony of others, I should like to add my word of gratitude for the blessing of Christian Science.
I owe so many blessings to Christian Science that I cannot begin to relate them all; but to keep silent would brand me an ingrate, and I am far too grateful to run the risk of deserving any such title.
I became interested in Christian Science not long ago, and was entirely cured of a hernia for which I had worn a truss for two years.
In August, 1910, I injured my ankle badly.
Christian Science found me at a time when there seemed to be no help from any other source.
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
Each day Christian Science is more beautiful to me.
I feel it to be a pleasant duty to tell of what Christian Science has done for me, through the study of the Bible with Science and Health, and also through a kind practioner.
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
From a heart filled with love for God and gratitude for Christian Science, I wish to tell what Truth has done for me.
I had been suffering for quite a while with an abdominal complaint, with nervousness and sleeplessness, and in the beginning of November, 1908, was taken ill with peritonitis.
I am grateful for many blessings received in Christian Science, as my thoughts go back to the time when I believed I had nothing to live for and when each morning's awaking from sleep brought a sense of disappointment to find myself still among the living, for I had hoped each night when I closed my eyes that I might never wake.
While reading the testimonies of healing in the Sentinel today, I recalled that I had never yet sent my sheaf of gratitude to our periodicals.
It is with sincere gratitude to God for the many blessings which I have received through Christian Science, that I give this testimony.
After having suffered for three days and nights with an affected tooth, and there being no cessation of the pain, I telegraphed at four o'clock in the afternoon to a Christian Science practitioner for treatment.
The
lowly floweret growing at my feetLifts trustingly its face toward the light,By sweet reflection groweth ever brightAnd brighter, and its breath more pure and sweet,No eye beholds it in this lone retreat;From all save One, its beauty hidden quite,As hides yon beaming star the cloud of night;Yet smiling on, it lives its lifetime fleet.
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The Christian Science Text-Book, "Science And Health With Key To The Scriptures.
