In an advance statement from his annual report Secretary Lane calls attention to the fact that since March 4, 1913, settlers have made entry on nearly twenty million acres of public lands, an area equal to that of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey combined.
"A bruised
reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench," wrote the prophet Isaiah of the coming Messiah; adding, by way of contrast, "he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Some
years ago, when walking with a cousin down the main street of our village, we saw two ragged little children standing on tiptoe, gazing longingly into the window of a small jeweler's shop.
When
I first came into Christian Science I was told that I had to cast evil out of my own consciousness and I should then see others in a better light; that I must not only try to see myself as God's idea, but must so see every one.
In denouncing a public display of views on religious subjects not in accord with his own, a speaker quoted in a recent issue goes out of his way to indulge in a number of irrelevant and inaccurate references to Mrs.
My attention has been called to the article in a recent issue entitled "The Question of Faith-healing," in which reference is made to Christian Science.
Reference to the alleged methods of Christian Scientists in a recent issue, gives one the impression that they are encouraged by the teaching and example of Mrs.
"When
Love is at the helm of thought,"*Securely moves the ship;The filling sails of impulse caught,The staying ropes and rigging taut,And songs upon each lip.
Those
who are privileged to attend, regularly or frequently, the Wednesday evening meetings in The Mother Church, become familiar with the statement which often accompanies the testimony of a visiting member from one of its numerous branches, "I bring greetings," and then is given the name of the church to which the speaker belongs.
Every
profitable order of thought must be rooted in axiomatic truth; it must lay hold on the things that no normal person can question and be serious with himself.
John Milroy Lamb
with contributions from R. H. Lamb
It is six years since my attention was directed to Christian Science, shortly after I was discharged from a famous hospital, where I had been for months under the care of one of the most efficient medical and nursing staffs.
The belief that my experience with Christian Science may lead some others to seek blessings as rich as those I now enjoy, prompts me to tell of my first wonderful demonstration, which relieved me almost instantaneously of the many years of physical and mental suffering with which I had been afflicted.
Since youth I have devoted thought and attention to religious questions and the problem of being, but I confess that in my search for the truth I failed to find complete satisfaction and enlightenment in my own as well as in any of the well-known religious creeds.
Two years have elapsed since some dear relatives called my attention to Christian Science, that subject which includes the understanding of divine, omnipotent Love, the truth which leads us all toward the same goal,—toward health, contentment, and the attainment of true happiness.
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