July 5, 1913
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The regulations of the United States department of agriculture, bureau of biological survey-fixing the seasons in which the shooting of migratory birds is allowed, authorized under the recently enacted Weeks-McLean migratory bird law, have just been made public by the department.
In
the business world, devices in great variety have been adopted to protect life and property.
As we read in the Bible the history of human advancement, the long story of men and nations, we find these cheering words of Joshua to his compatriots: "One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord Your God, he it is that fighteth for you.
Much
of the sense of lack of time complained of by Christian Scientists, as well as by those who are not Christian Scientists, could be overcome by gaining a better understanding of what God really demands of them.
It
is often asked by those becoming interested in Christian Science, why so much emphasis is laid on the healing of sickness, and why so much time and thought are given to what seems to be the merely temporal and material needs of humanity.
Quite
frequently words are bland smugglers trying to pass the customs line of expression without paying full duty upon their burdens of meaning.
Considerations of space have compelled me to confine myself to negations in order to deal with the extraordinary claims and charges of the Vicar of Tenterden with reference to Christian Science.
It is surprising that men who assume to stand as leaders of thought, especially in a religious line, should wilfully indulge in such reckless statements with reference to a religious movement, as those credited to a recent critic in your paper in relation to Christian Science.
The critic accuses Christian Scientists of being "determinists," and of believing that the human body is a myth.
Christian Science claims to be the only known method since the time of Jesus the Christ which heals the sick and the sinner by one and the same rule.
"Petros" has given his views upon the atonement.
Ossoli Circle studied "Women Prominent in Religious Movements" on Monday afternoon.
"Spiritual facts" as understood in Christian Science, and explained in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, are true statements about God and His universe.
If
one were given a problem in mathematics to solve, he would first endeavor to understand it thoroughly, and then apply to its solution the rule by which such a problem can be worked out.
There
has been a tendency in late years, both among religious and non-religious people, to study the ceremonial law found in Leviticus and Numbers in order to prove therefrom that divine law deals with material things in safeguarding the health and morals of mankind.
My heart goes out to God in gratitude impossible to express in words as I recall some of the many blessings which have come into my life through even my very limited knowledge of Christian Science.
In writing this testimony I am filled with deep gratitude.
The privilege of expressing gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me is one of which I should have availed myself long before this.
For those who have doubted the efficacy of Christian Science in the healing of disease, I rejoice to send this testimony.
I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science and what it has done for me; for our dear Leader who was brave enough and loving enough to make known the truth to us; for our wonderful periodicals, and for those who have so lovingly helped to show me the way.
Since we began the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
It is with great joy that I testify to what Christian Science has done for me, though words fail to tell the whole of it.
Deep gratitude impels me to testify to the blessings which my family and myself have experienced through Christian Science.
I feel it my duty to say a few words about what Christian Science has done for me.
Like many others, I came to Christian Science for physical healing.
About three years ago I had a bad growth on my face, which had been developing for four years.
Many times we have been helped by the understanding of Christian Science.
I am glad to tell of my healing, with the hope that some other sufferer may be led to accept this great truth, Christian Science.
Christian Science found me when I was a great sufferer from a complication of diseases, the most severe being rheumatism, but thanks to a near neighbor who was a Christian Scientist, through the power of God I was healed in a short time.
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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEXT-BOOK, "SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.
