The complaint in the long–expected suit of the federal government against the Southern Pacific railroad, involving title to two hundred and fifty million dollars' worth of supposed mineral–bearing lands in Fresno county, has been filed at Los Angeles, Cal.
The
gracious work of Christian Science is manifest in the redemption of men from the control of habits which, though undesirable, they once considered fixed.
The
faithful Christian Scientist who continually prays with the psalmist: "Creat in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me," has opened the floodgates of heaven, through which pours out an inexhaustible and never-failing stream of love; the love that today as of yore "healeth all thy diseases" as well as "forgiveth all thine iniquities.
It
is surprising but true that people who express joy and sunshine so naturally and freely in the home are often the most reticent when it comes to speaking in public.
The
question sometimes arises as to how far one is governed by his past history and religious inheritance; how much is due to established customs, and to what degree the past should be allowed to weigh against the privileges of the present.
In
bygone days there was a generally accepted theory that a man's character was decided by the preponderance of certain elements in the body, certain "humors" which, proportionately combined, produced given mental characteristics or temperament; for example, the phlegmatic, the nervous, and the artistic temperaments.
The
year is new to those who dwell in time,Who reckon age by days and months and years,Who look through windows dimmed by winter's rimeFor twelve months more of hopes and doubts and fears!
The letter of a critic in a recent issue of the Telegram manifests such extraordinary confusion of thought on the subject of Christian Science, that I should be obliged if you would permit me to make this clear.
The supposition of our critic that Christian Scientists do not believe in the Bible is proved erroneous when it is known that no body of Christian people makes a closer daily study of the Bible than do the Christian Scientists.
In the report which appeared in a recent issue of your paper concerning the remarks made by a clergyman, I note that Christian Science came in for more or less of criticism.
The interest in the teachings of Christian Science and its unparalleled growth throughout the civilized world are due, in a very large degree, to the physical healings experienced by those who in their need have turned to it when all material remedies have failed.
Just
as in the commercial world, with the ushering in of a new year, men take an account of stock and check up their gains and losses, so we as Christian Scientists, laborers in the vineyard of God, may profitably review the work of the year just closed, count our blessings, and with renewed courage enter upon another "Soul-filled year".
There
are few who would question that self-denial is a Christian virtue, but not many see the importance of practising it constantly in order to be true followers of Christ Jesus.
Mildred Hirsch
with contributions from Chas. S. Hirsch
It is now over five years that I have depended on Christian Science to meet every need which has come to me, and with a grateful heart I give this testimony, with the hope that it will bring help to some one, even as the testimonies in our periodicals have done for me and mine.
Christian Science has done so much for me that I wish to tell of it, hoping thereby to encourage others who are in sickness and sorrow to study Science and Health and be made free.
I have long felt a desire to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me, and have often asked myself where I would be today had not this blessed truth been brought to me by a faithful friend.
After serious invalidism for twenty years, the result of an accident, I came to the point where all available medical skill seemed to fail and the doctor's verdict was that I could not live through another winter.
Realizing how much I owe to Christian Science, I feel that the least I can do is to acknowledge publicly the benefits received, in the hope that my experience may help some one else.
I take great pleasure in the opportunity afforded me of stating the facts in connection with the healing in Christian Science of our baby daughter in 1907.
Friends have repeatedly asked me why I did not give my testimony of what Christian Science had done for me, and I have come to the conclusion that it is my duty to do so, as it may be the means of helping others who are striving and praying for more understanding, as I once was.
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