Residents of Wallace, Idaho, now claim that the results of the disastrous forest fires in northern Idaho in 1910 are being made evident in the changed flow from a watershed, then burned over, which furnishes the water supply of the city.
The
active campaign recently waged by the Protestant churches of the United States in furtherance of an enlarged church attendance, has called wide attention, by way of contrast, to the satisfying nature of the Christian Science church service.
That public interest in Christian Science is increasing daily, is proved by the fact that while a year or so ago one lecture sufficed to satisfy the curiosity of all the people who desired to learn of this religious movement, it is now necessary for the speakers to give three lectures.
How beautiful the feet of thoseWho on the mount of holy praiseHave walked above the vale of woes,To aid the toiler on his ways!—Not on the mount of holy lightTo live alone in calm repose,But ever lifting into sightThe blind, who in a vale of woesAre striving to attain the height,And wrestling with their phantom foes.
In
these days of much writing about Christian Science, and much seeking of opinion one from another, it is both refreshing and helpful to turn to what our Leader wrote to the church in Washington a number of years ago, as reproduced on page 203 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany.
A reproof
sometimes administered to a child or young person is this: "You are forgetting yourself," words which have a much deeper significance than appears upon the surface.
Emily M. Christian
with contributions from A. C. Spinti
I had such a glorious proof, in the year 1911, of the all-sustaining power of Truth as revealed through Christian Science, that I feel impelled to tell of it, with the hope that it may give fresh courage and help to some one passing through a like experience.
I have most fervently desired wisdom and understanding, and have been led to see that I must trust in the Lord with all my heart, and lean not to mine own understanding.
September, 1886, found me weary of life, for I could not find among the many material remedies any cure for two so-called incurable diseases,—milk leg and an abnormal growth.
My thought goes out in gratitude for physical healing and the understanding that Christian Science has brought to me of the "life that maketh all things new," for "the freer step, the fuller breath" in which I am rejoicing today.
I have long felt the desire to express my gratitude for all the good that Christian Science has brought me, and the healing of a severe illness which I experienced last summer forbids the further delay of such an expression.
As written in the Monitor, "Thanksgiving is thanksliving," and we are trying to live our gratitude for the many good things Christian Science has given this household.
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