An urgent appeal to the business men and texpayers of Connecticut to assist in solving the highway problem of the state is being made by the Connecticut Good Roads Association, which has begun an energetic campaign to secure the construction of permanent roads.
Throughout
all history, sacred and profane, there are many instances of a type of courteous consideration which has become a part of exalted consciousness and an active force in the unfoldment of humanity.
The affirmation by the appellate division of the supreme court of the conviction of a Christian Science healer for "practising medicine without a license," calls renewed attention to the faulty condition of the law in this state.
In announcing that an appeal would be taken from the decision of the appeallate division, the Christian Science committee on publication for the state of New York, at No.
The reasons given by the New York judges, according to the press despatches, for making Christian Science practice illegal, will hardly stand the test of reason.
The appellate division of the supreme court of New York last week affirmed the conviction of a Christian Scientist for "prractising medicine without a license.
The term "commercialized use of prayer," which occurs in your recent news item from New York, means simply that Christian Science practitioners are accustomed to charge a small fee for services rendered by them to persons who choose to engage their services in the treatment of diseases.
A well-known medical critic, in a recent public address, made a great point of what he called the works of Christian Science, and he told of an elderly lady whom he saw in the street with a broken thigh, and whose one wish was for Christian Science treatment.
The writer of a communication in a recent issue may rest assured that Christian Science is not substituting a sense of satisfaction in physical health for higher aspirations.
The
decision recently rendered by the appellate division of the supreme court of New York, which has been so widely commented on by the press, simply lends emphasis to what has been going on in the legislatures of the different states during the years since Christian Science has come into prominence,—to speak plainly, since it has been regarded by a certain class of physicians as a competitor.
There
are few if any who in some moments of their lives would not give all they possess just to be surre of one thing,—to know that God is and that He cares for them.
I have felt for some time that I should tell of the benefits I have received from Christian Science; but now that I have to do so I am at a loss where to begin, for I have received so much good that I cannot tell of all the blessings thatt have come to me in the short time I have been studying Science.
Jessie M. Phillips
with contributions from W. V. D. Phillips, Frank L. Higgins
When I take a retrospective view of the past five years, I feel it is time to give to the world a brief account of the joy and peace which the study of Christian Science brings into my life daily.
Christian Science has been a revelation to me, and it is a great pleasure, as well as a privilege, for me to testify to its efficacy as a healing and saving agency.