Three new national bird reservations, two in Alaska and one in Nebraska, have been created by President Taft and placed under the department of agriculture.
The
apostle's declaration that "we wrestle not against flesh and blood" touches upon a subject of vital import to the disciple of Truth, to wit, the impersonalization of error.
The
command given by Christ Jesus, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven," is one which the Christian Scientist should ever keep in thought; also the psalmist's injunction to "do all to the glory of God.
Apathy
is the most dangerous foe with which every good movement is called upon to contend, and error would love nothing better than for those who are opposing it to become careless and indifferent toward their obligations.
During
the recent Thanksgiving day service in The Mother Church, the testimony of one among the many who expressed their heartfelt gratitude for the blessings received through Christian Science, brought home to the writer the wonderful receptivity of little children to the truth.
The devil, as a deception, a lie, or personified evil, is indeed frequently spoken of in the New Testament, but it is significant that the methods described for his overthrow are wholly mental.
Mortality
is but a transient seeming,Which some day shall be swallowed up in LifeWhen we awake from dreamingOf matter, pain, and strife,And grow into sure consciousnessThat being in its perfectnessIs knowledge of man's Principle, of Love,In which we live and move.
No
greater hope dwells in the breast of mankind than that of immortality, and no clearer statement of the possibility and modus of immortality was ever made than is afforded by the words of Christ Jesus when he said, "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
It
needs but little argument to convince a truly thoughtful man or woman that those experiences alone are worth remembering which lift us above the mortal sense of things with gleams of light that hint at immortal realities, and it matters little what these "gleams of glory" cost us in the mental throes which prepare us to see the light.
Nothing
of all Jesus said was more irritating to the Jews than his self-identification with God, and though manifestly impelled in their cruel determinations by pride and prejudice, this was their avowed reason to Pilate for demanding his crucifixion.
In the light of recent experiences it has come to me that I have a simple duty to perform, an offering to place upon the altar of Truth, the flower and the firstfruits of love.
Hold
on, O sailor, to the broken mast,Hold fast!Grip tight, though both your hands grow numb and coldStill hold!Though blinded by the spray—your strength nigh gone,Hold on!For lo! no farther than yon floating buoyI hear the bosun's cheery—Ship ahoy!
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