The National Civic Federation, holding its annual convention in Washington on March 5, 6, and 7, considered, for the most part, industrial peace and progress, with special reference to the relation of the employed to the employee, not only in private corporations, but in public utility, government, state, and municipal service.
The
study and practice of Christian Science unfolds to its students the reality of good and goodness and the consequent unreality of evil and its phenomena; that is to say, as the true sense of good increases, the belief in evil becomes more and more anomalous, unlawful, baseless, unreal.
In
John's gospel, third chapter, we read: "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
In
reading the testimonies of healing which appear in our periodicals, one may note how many times the writers state that their interest in Christian Science was first aroused by reading copies of the Sentinel, Monitor, or Journal which friends had sent them from time to time.
In taking leave of his disciples, Jesus said: "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
The assertion that Christian Science leads to insanity, as quoted in the Dispatch, is only another instance of the profound ignorance which the critics of the Science display as to its fundamental basis and teachings.
If Christian Science is "the very negation of reason and experience," then Christianity as taught and practised by Jesus must be described in like manner, for Christian Science is founded solely and entirely on the words and works of our Master, and is but a renewal or continuance of his practical demonstrations of the power of Truth to destroy every form of sickness and sin.
A press despatch that has been read this week by thousands of Portlanders gives information that New York city health officials assert that antitoxin "checks" diphtheria in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred.
Could
I find the words to utter,—Words with wings that never tire,—Into darkened hearts they'd flutter,Bright with heavenly dew and fire,And the earth would glow with gladness and the veryheavens be nigher.
In
these days of social and industrial unrest, when men are arrayed against each other and the problem of an equitable adjustment seems difficult of solution, here and there a great cry goes up for the multiplication of laws which will regulate the relations of all classes.
Writing
to the Romans of the significance of belief, and illustrating his point by reference to the prevailing notions of his countrymen respecting ceremonially pure and impure foods, St.
It was in the fall of 1904 that I first attended a Christian Science meeting, going as a guide to my mother, who is a Scientist and who was then visiting me.
In Psalms we read, "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men"! One of God's most wonderful gifts to me was a direct answer to prayer, which placed me beyond the possibility of a doubt that Christian Science is the truth.
I have been wonderfully healed through Christian Science, of one so-called incurable disease, and of mental trouble which was thought to be hereditary.
The gratitude one feels for the countless blessings received in Christian Science can never be expressed in words, but it is with the hope of helping some sufferer who may be reached through the Sentinel that I give my testimony.
I am very happy to say that I was cured of a stomach disorder which had troubled me for years, also of nervous exhaustion from which I had suffered at different times.
Christian Science has done so much for me that words are inadequate to express the gratitude I feel for all the blessings I have received through its teachings.
Although I did not come into Christian Science for physical healing, I feel that I must tell how much I have been benefited, mentally, morally, and in my business life, through the study of our text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
It is with a constantly recurring sense of thankfulness for all the blessings I have received through the teachings of Christian Science, that I send this brief account of an experience which in itself is sufficient to prove what can be accomplished by following the teachings of our revered Leader as given in that wonderful book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
It is with the sincerest gratitude that I acknowledge the help which I have experienced through the teachings of Christian Science at a time when I was altogether weary of life.
I have
long received freely the benefits of Christian Science without having voiced a word of gratitude, but I am indeed grateful, and grow more so as I understand better the meaning of the word.
Come
, weary traveler, rest a moment here:That which thou vainly seekest now is near;Not by yon earthly path thy hope is found,Nor in earth's gloomy vale shall peace abound.
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