About forty-five billion feet of lumber of all kinds is the annual production in the united States; of this, nearly twenty-five billion feet, board measure, are further manufactured, the other portion remaining for rough construction lumber and for similar purposes.
Almost
startling in simplicity of promise and fulfillment is David's statement to the aged Barzillai, when he said, "Whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
The
poetic mind in all ages has been wont to compare humanity, driven by "every wind of doctrine," wandering in the difficult and dangerous ways of mortal sense, to a flock of frightened and strayed sheep, and there are no lovelier parables in any literature than those in which our Lord describes the relationship of God to man as that of a shepherd to his flock.
According to a report of a sermon by an evangelist appearing in a recent issue, in attempting to illustrate a point on the subject of belief, the evangelist had recourse to the unfair custom, all too common among critics of citing disconnected statements of Christian Science teaching wrested from their necessary setting in explanatory context.
A correspondent undertakes to discuss Christian Science as if it were a system of dogmatic belief to be weighed and balanced against other aggregations of human opinion, instead of a rule of life to be judged by what it does for its adherents.
That Christian Scientists are today one of the greatest factors in the work of breaking down the traditional orthodox views of God and establishing in their place a belief in the universal servanthood and all-inclusive love of the divine Spirit, is the opinion of the Rev.
There
is a good deal of what the world calls human nature in the feeling which prompts Christian Scientists to look with great satisfaction upon the constantly increasing number of members of The Mother Church and of the branch churches in the larger cities.
It
is scarcely possible for us to enter into the spirit of the beatitudes until we have pondered somewhat the experiences which preceded the giving forth of the Sermon on the Mount.
Who
of us does not stop ofttimes in the path or roadway, these days, to note with wondering interest the shapely little sand-piles which speak for the wonderful industry of the ants! All the day, and all the night, as we are told, they devote themselves to their work, with an energy that seems no less tireless than absorbing.
with contributions from R. P. de Graffenried, J. W. Harwood, Alice E. Frackelton, Theo. A. Chelson, E. E. Sutherland, C. A. Swartz, A. R. Museller, G. W. Walthall
Seven years ago I went to a Christian Science service in New York city upon the invitation of a young neighbor in the apartment into which I had recently moved.
I have long delayed sending my testimony of the peace and comfort that Christian Science has brought into my life, and it is with loving gratitude that I give it now.
I am indeed grateful to Christian Science for the many blessings that come to us through a better understanding of our Father-Mother God and man as His image.
The
way seems dark, my Father;Cloud upon cloud seems drifting slowly o'er my headAnd loud the thunders roar about me;When lo! above these clouds of fear I see Thee stand,And hear Thee say, in voice of sweet command,"Fear not," and, "Take my hand.
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with contributions from R. P. de Graffenried, J. W. Harwood, Alice E. Frackelton, Theo. A. Chelson, E. E. Sutherland, C. A. Swartz, A. R. Museller, G. W. Walthall