September 25, 1915
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President Wilson, on recommendation of Secretary Lane, recently eliminated about seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land from the Cleveland national forest, Cal.
The
teaching that repentance is necessary to salvation is so generally accepted by believers in the Christian religion that there has never been any occasion for controversy on this point.
A little
book on the planets, used by a younger member of the family, has proved helpful to the writer.
There
is no part of the work done by Christian Scientists that calls for more watchful care, more untiring vigilance, than that which has to do with the upbuilding of churches.
Two
friends were sitting together in the country just at sunset, when one said, "Let us keep perfectly quiet for about twenty minutes and listen.
Among
the widely differing writings which, opening with Genesis and closing with Malachi, make up that uniquely wonderful volume the Old Testament, it seems safe to assume that no one book taken in its entirety has brought more of comfort and of peace to the thoughtful Christian than the so-called Psalms of David,—those strikingly sublime and increasingly beautiful hymns of repentance and thanksgiving of supplication and joyful praise, which for more than thirty centuries have now whispered, now proclaimed abroad, their message of heartening, uplifting cheer.
The
Christ, Truth, whispered yesteryear to me,Low, tenderly;I listened, then I heard—'tis clearer grown—God's thought of thee.
A memorial to Mary Baker Eddy, Founder of the Christian Science church, is to be erected in Mount Auburn cemetery.
It seems just a little curious that after thirty years of self-confessed silence on this important theme, Christian Science, our ministerial friend should now suddenly arise in great consternation and, like the fabled dame, seize his broom to sweep back the tide.
A writer in a recent issue, commenting on Christian Science, infers that Christian Scientists "by mistake, ignorance, or misconception" disregard the constituted laws of the community in the conservation of public health, and classifies Christian Science practitioners in common with quacks and charlatans who practise in violation of the medical law.
I ask your indulgence upon my observation of the lecture on Christian Science, as recently given by Doctor—at the Methodist church.
Toward the close of his revival, according to a recent issue, the preacher said considerable about the ravages of sin, and then stated: "There are but two classes of people who dare not argue against sin,—Christian Scientists and fools.
Our critic quotes Jesus' refusal of the temptation to cast himself down from the pinnacle of the temple, because such an act would deny the submission of the body to physical law.
The difference of belief between the idealism of Christian Science and materialism has never been harmonized and never will be for the reason that one is the opposite of the other.
Notwithstanding
the belief of many religious persons, and the continued assertions of many religious leaders, that the healing works which Christ Jesus and the disciples and apostles performed at the beginning of the Christian era were intended only for a limited time and for a limited purpose, the question of spiritual healing will not down in the churches.
There
are few negative habits, surely, which play a more prominent part in the drama of human experience than that of forgetting, a habit which, as generally understood, stands for weakness, not strength; for loss, not gain.
The
wise man says, "Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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Before an audience which completely filled the orchestra floor at the Burlew Theater, Virgil O.
I have long desired to tell what Christian Science has done for me and mine.
I have been interested in Christian Science about three years, and during that time have overcome many discordant conditions.
For a period of three years I had to be under medical care almost constantly, on account of a distressing abdominal trouble of long standing.
I desire to express my heartfelt thanks for all that Christian Science has done for me.
With gratitude I give my testimony of healing in Christian Science.
As I was led to take up the study of Christian Science through reading a testimony in the Sentinel, mine is sent in the hope that it may be the means of bringing some poor sufferer to health, happiness, and God.
Some years ago I was at a standstill in my position.
Having received much help from Christian Science during the past five years, I feel it my duty to express my gratitude.
Gratitude prompts me to send in these lines as a testimony to the many blessings which I have received since becoming acquainted with Christian Science.
I have experienced so many proofs of the power of Truth that I would indeed be ungrateful not to give thanks for what Christian Science has done for me and mine.
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done and is doing for me.
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The Christian Science Text-book
, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
