In a special message sent to Congress by President Taft, advising more economy and better efficiency in conducting the affairs of the government, he says that ten million dollars is wasted every year by paying two persons for doing work which ought to be done by one.
Most
mortals believe they love life, while some wish they had never been born; but all, whether life appear lovely or hateful, cling to it most tenaciously.
In a recent issue is published a reprint from the American Medical Association Journal, which comments justly and generouly upon the excellent sanitary work which has been done to safeguard the health of the people of Panama, all of which we can endorse.
Let me ask a final word in reply to the recent communication from "Christian," who, though he fails to reveal his identity, nevertheless reveals his animus in attacking the teaching and practice of Christian Science.
We are not a little surprised to note in a recent issue of the News an argument by the pastor of one of your churches to prove by human "experts" that it is impossible for any person to receive spiritual inspiration in this age.
The belief that Jesus' healing works were purely the result of his own unique personality, and that, therefore, it would be impossible for such works to be done again, will not stand investigation for a moment.
Forward!
Whatever clouds are overhead,However dim the stars above us shine,We stumble when our steps by fear are led;The only guide we need is Love divine!
At
this season we find on every side reminders of the resurrection, and these may well lead us to inquire whether we have simply gone around a circle since last year, or whether our honest scrutiny can discover that we have really risen with Christ.
Among
the things which no intelligent person would question, is the fact of a serious lapse of present professional Christianity from the standard of simplicity and spiritual power reached and maintained in the early Christian church, and that this lapse is causally related to much of the poverty, wretchedness, and degradation which is no less heart-burdening to all who love their fellow men than discreditable to so-called Christian civilization.
One of the most remarkable religious congregations in Trenton is composed of ninety-eight inmates of the New Jersey state prison, who meet each Sunday afternoon.
Elizabeth Smith
with contributions from Robert H. Smith
One of the things that interested me most in coming into the understanding of Christian Science was the testimonies of those who had been healed by reading our text-book, Science and Health.
Catharine Robeson
with contributions from John Robeson
Some sixteen years ago I first heard of Christian Science, and soon after I procured the text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
It is over six years ago that I came into Christian Science, and I feel that I am indeed tardy in acknowledging the great blessings which have come to me and to my family during all that time.
As I greatly enjoy the many testimonies of healing given in the Sentinel each week, the thought came to me that perhaps there were those who would like to read the story of my own healing, a healing through the power of divine Love, and which was quite remarkable.
For over seven years I have enjoyed the privileges and blessings of Christian Science, and I feel rather apologetic because this is my first written acknowledgment of all the good, the joy, and the happiness that have come to me through the study of the Bible and Science and Health.
I stood
alone with the sunlit peaceOf woods in springtime; the warm quiet airLay like a tender presence on the trees,And leaned low down to greet the waking flowers;And all the turmoil of unquiet hours,The disappointed, feverish search for ease,Dropped, like a garment one has ceased to wear,Before the young year's promise of increase.
The Christian Science Text-Book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
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