"Palm kernels and the palm kernel oil trade in Africa have been hard hit by the present war in Europe," says a statement issued by the National Geographic Society at Washington.
Naturally
the first step toward defeating one's enemy is to recognize who or what he is, since not to know this enemy is to be in danger of coming under his control.
The
protection assured in the words of the psalmist: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty," and "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways," was most clearly demonstrated by me, and the twenty-first day of February, 1914, will ever remain a red-letter day in my life.
When
I read in the Monitor some time ago of an invention which was being tried by a railroad company in Canada for the control of trains with the view of avoiding accidents, the thought came to me that an invention which would sound an alarm on approach of trouble and so avoid disaster and waste in the business in which I am engaged would be a great boon to every one connected with it.
Estimating
the future progress of Christian Science by the past two decades of its history, one is reminded of our Leader's prophetic statement at the time of the dedication of the original edifice of The Mother Church in 1895: "If the lives of Christian Scientists attest their fidelity to Truth, I predict that in the twentieth century every Christian church in our land, and a few in far-off lands, will approximate the understanding of Christian Science sufficiently to heal the sick in his name".
A few days ago the Herald called attention to a bill before the Legislature which would prevent members of the Christian Science faith from practising in the state without a medical license.
It will have to be admitted by all fair-minded people that the opposition on the part of Christian Scientists to this bill is based on good grounds, and is consequently fully justified, because with one fell swoop this bill classifies among the quacks, clairvoyants, and charm-workers, whom it aims to suppress, some of the most successful healers of physical and mental ills that the world has ever known.
Christian Scientists packed the House chamber and galleries of the Capitol to their last foot of standing room last night, only to learn that the bills against which they had come to protest had been withdrawn.
In a sermon by an evangelist, as reported in a recent issue of your paper, the statement was made that Christian Science "takes away the hope of heaven through the blood of Jesus Christ.
The campaign of the regular medical organizations of Illinois to secure ante-election pledges from candidates, binding them to support the doctors' legislative program, aroused strong opposition from numbers of citizens who, though probably not themselves interested in the rival theories of cure, are deeply concerned in preserving the freedom and moral integrity of their legislative representatives.
Allow me to make a brief comment on the recent decision of a New York court in the case of a Christian Science practitioner, referred to in a recent issue under the heading "Legal Cases of Interest.
The
gate of sorrow swings upon its hinge,And as it sways with every load of fearOr gentle waft of joy's expectancy,I see the Christ beyond, and fain would reachThe outstretched arms in wide entreaty spread.
If
humanity's concept of God and man's relation to Him, during the ages preceding the advent of Jesus, had been correct, and the teachings of our Master had been in accord therewith, he would not have met with opposition, nor would he have been persecuted and crucified.
In
every department of human endeavor those who make their mark have a distinct goal in view, and their efforts to reach it are characterized by definiteness and persistency.
Our little boy was born in October, 1909, and we are more than grateful to Christian Science, for had we not known of the truth at that time we feel that he would not be with us today.
I am so grateful and happy that I would like to tell others what Christian Science has done for me, and what a wonderful change it has made in my life.
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me, in the hope that some other wife and mother, having a similar experience, may read my testimony and find a gleam of comfort in it.
What
vision held those eyes so rapt and true,That he could walk upon our common earthAnd make it blossom in conception newOf man's divinity,—transcendent birth?
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