During the month of June the activities of the department of the interior in the classification of public lands were confined practically to classifications as to irrigability under the enlarged homestead act.
Whittier's
picture of "the passive soul" who "in waiting stands" to receive the blessings of "the one true Life," makes a very insistent appeal in moments of quietness.
For
some years past it has been a daily practice with a certain mother and daughter for the former to read aloud to the latter while she had her breakfast and dressed for business, the books being confined to admitted classics.
The
modern thinker often fails to find an interest in religious questions, as a result of having grown up with a strong prejudice against everything which cannot be cognized by the physical senses and grasped by the human intellect.
One
who has received without question the belief of the majority of Christian people,—that the healing works of Jesus of Nazareth were for his time only, and for those alone who came under his immediate ministry,—and who believes unquestioningly that the days of so-called miracles are past, cannot understand the expressions made by Christian Scientists of faith in the continuity of God's loving and active relation with man, though these declarations are made with the clearness and fearlessness of demonstrable truth.
The fact that a clergyman would not allow a lecture on Christian Science to appear in your columns without giving vent to a tirade of vilification, is one of the signs of these times.
The truth of the first tenet of Christian Science, "As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life".
Following the attempt of several state legislatures in recent years to enact laws concerning the religious denomination known as Christian Science, the members of that church have made an appeal to the country at large for "religious liberty.
In the report of a lecture at Leigh on "Miracles," which appeared in a recent issue, I notice that Christian Science is mentioned in association with faith-healing and suggestion.
There
are perhaps few who observe carefully their own thinking processes in order to see whether these are governed by divine Principle, yet there is nothing else which is of such importance to us in all we attempt.
with contributions from J. W. Norvell, Albert E. Barnard, O. C. Soots, Benjamin Eitlegeorge, George Shaw Cook, W. E. Kinney, James P. Eilenberger, Alex Berg, W. S. Raeder
A lecture on Christian Science was delivered by Jacob S.
During November, 1902, while residing in a small town in the middle states, our son, at that time fourteen months of age, was stricken with an illness which was diagnosed by a physician as spinal meningitis.
I deem it my duty, as well as a great privilege, to express my gratitude for the many blessings received by myself and family through the teachings of Christian Science.
I am thankful that I can testify to the healing power of Christian Science, for I know it is the truth that makes us free and teaches us how to find the kingdom of heaven.
Laura Hanks
with contributions from Charles E. Hanks, Jr.
To say I am thankful for the blessings which Christian Science has brought to me in the past two years, both spiritually and physically, only partly expresses my feelings.
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with contributions from J. W. Norvell, Albert E. Barnard, O. C. Soots, Benjamin Eitlegeorge, George Shaw Cook, W. E. Kinney, James P. Eilenberger, Alex Berg, W. S. Raeder