Conferences have taken place between the United States attorney-general and the chairman of the board of directors of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, with the probable result that a basis of dissolution which would restore competition in New England transportation and meet the government's demands will be reached some time in the near future without a court fight.
It
is obvious to any observer that successful endeavor must necessarily have as its mainspring normal mentality, and it therefore behooves those who seek success to watch their thought-processes and to know that as surely as they lapse into disorderly thinking so surely will this eventually be manifested in a lack of harmony in their business affairs.
Now and then one hears expressions of disappointment from those who have taken up the study of Christian Science, but who have not immediately realized the peace and harmony which they had expected.
The
statements that God is omniscient, and yet that He is "of purer eyes than to behold evil," seem contradictory to the novice in Christian Science who still clings to the old sense of the reality of evil.
Drifting
in from the moaning sea,Over the beach and the tide-pooled lea,The gray fog shuts down drearilyOn all my world;Till the outer bar is a distant sound,And the children's tent but a misty mound,And the trees dim sentries set around,Their standards furled.
It is perhaps a pity that "A Christadelphian" has written to request that he be informed on what Christian Scientists base their claim to be faith-healers, because it so happens that in adopting the name of Christian Science, Mrs.
The orthodox minister who has found time to deliver a series of sermons denunciatory of what he believes to be Christian Science, could direct his efforts to a much better purpose.
It is reported that "Miss Millar, the Australian evangelist, denounced in specific terms the 'fallacies' of Christian Science," and that "Miss Millar has challenged 'false religions' and 'false doctrines,' chief among which she places Christian Science.
Inasmuch as, even at this late day, it is unusual for a socalled orthodox clergyman to pay such a tribute to Christian Science as to acknowledge it "accomplished some good," an incident of this kind is well worthy of comment.
In considering the questions proposed by your correspondent, we must of course remember that they are simply a repetition of those interrogations which have agitated the world from the beginning of time, and which have never been answered,—nor can they be answered, from the standpoint of material philosophy or purely human logic.
The
Christian Science Board of Directors is pleased to announce the following appointments to the board of lectureship of The Mother Church, to take effect immediately:—
Many
of those who come to Christian Science for healing, soon discover that the truth does not deal with their physical ailments alone, but extends to all the phenomena of human experience.
I write this with a heart full of gratitude and joy, and with the hope that others who have not yet become conscious of God as omnipresent Love, may be blessed as I have been in the understanding of Christian Science.
It is with the deepest gratitude to our loving Father-Mother God, and a desire to help others as I have been helped, that I recount a few of the many blessings Christian Science has brought to me.
When I first heard of Christian Science, about five years ago, I thought its teachings very beautiful, but I had no idea that they could be made practical in daily life.
As I am isolated from other Christian Scientists I feel that I must give expression to my gratitude for this healing truth through the columns of the Sentinel, but I find it difficult to know where to begin and where to end.
About three years ago, when I first began to investigate Christian Science, I was rapidly failing both in business and in health; in fact, in everything I undertook to do.
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