The retention by the United States government of oil lands in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado is involved in the suit of the government against the Midwest Oil Company and others.
In
the beginning of the writer's experience in Christian Science, she exclaimed to the friend who was gently attempting to lead her thought to an acceptance of a logical conclusion about the nature of God and man, "But if I admit your arguments I will be led into accepting an ultimate absurdity.
The
writer is engaged in the theatrical profession; and in traveling about the country, incidentally he has been able to witness or learn personally of many remarkable demonstrations in Christian Science.
To
the lover of Christian Science it is an oft-recurring joy to find that Bible, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and individual experience bear consistent witness to the truth of being and to one another, and he frequently quotes that familiar passage in Isaiah, beginning, "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;" but its very stately rhythm may have been obscured from the unusual order in which the blessings that follow are pronounced.
It
is impossible to read the account of the rich young man who came eagerly to Jesus inquiring what he should do to inherit eternal life, without a feeling of great compassion for the keen disappointment which he must have suffered.
In
a Literary Digest article on "The Function of the Poet in America Life," Edwin Markham says: "But if America has no spacious past, she has a spacious future.
The
wise men in the East beheld a star,And journeying onward felt new glory's scope,—A wisdom, and a mission, and a hope,Transcending heights whereon time's altars are;And coming down the years they kenned afar,As something seen far-off, a mountain-slope,A risen radiance, as when dawn doth ope,The vision of a fadeless avatar!
The gentleman who tells us, in the California Christian Advocate, "where Christian Science ends," needs to know that "of this kingdom there shall be no end.
It
would almost seem that Christian Scientists have need to ponder daily the Master's warning to the little band of disciples whom he sent out "to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick," Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves;" for if one may judge by the letters and circulars received by practitioners whose cards appear in the Journal, there is an impression abroad that Christian Scientists are liberally supplied with money.
Strangely
enough, apart from the teachings of Christian Science, faith and intelligence are not supposed to have any direct relation to each other, and this explains to large extent the antagonism to Christian Science expressed by many who suppose that the faith which it inculcates is divorced from intelligence.
Students
of human nature speedily discover that the conduct of most people is far more frequently determined by a habit or tendency than by a sense of duty or of right.
Emma C. Johnson
with contributions from Edna J. Johnson, Ethel R. Hulett
When I stop to realize what Christian Science has done for me and mine, my heart is overwhelmed with love and gratitude to God, and to our beloved Leader, Mrs.
When I began the study of Christian Science, nearly fourteen years ago, it was not for physical healing alone, but because I had become convinced that it was the truth I had long been seeking; that the text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
It is a pleasure and privilege to tell something of what Christian Science has done for me, and I hope that this statement of facts may be a help to others.
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