Hankow and its environs is one of the greatest egg producing regions in China, shipping to Chinese and foreign ports over 16,197,000 pieces of fresh whole eggs, valued at $53,531, during the year 1915,—this is in addition to 12,347,867 pounds of frozen egg exports, valued at $462,716.
THERE
is perhaps no more favorite method whereby the so-called human mind attempts to defeat or to delay a Christian Science healing than that which continually puts it off until tomorrow.
THE
following account illustrates the fact that the desire to be obedient to one of the by-laws contained in the Manual of The Mother Church proved the truth of these words of our Master: "According to your faith be it unto you.
IN
the Explanatory Note found in the Quarterly we read that "the Bible and the Christian Science text-book are our only preachers," and the longer we study this Christ Science the more we appreciate the wisdom of our Leader in giving us these impersonal preachers.
The editor says, "Many people of today are embracing Christian Science under the pretext that it is a superior form of the Christian religion—that it is the highest and best form of that religion to be found in the world today," and I agree with that statement of the editor, for it is now very generally conceded that Christian Science is indeed the very "best form of religion to be found in the world today.
Our critic admits that healing is accomplished through Christian Science, but he claims that this healing is accomplished by psychic suggestion, which could be practised outside of Christian Science.
The chief justice of the New York court of appeals, in a memorandum accompanying a decision handed down by that court last week, said, "I deny the power of the legislature to make it a crime to treat disease by prayer.
The quotation in a recent issue shows that at the present time Christian Science is obtaining a hearing and an admission from thoughtful men of the practical utility thereof.
A speaker in his excellent address on "Pain and Its Significance," makes reference to Christian Scientists, intimating that under the spell of religious zeal they are able to efface the sensation of pain.
THROUGH
light and shadow, Tears and pain, Helping each other the heights to gain, Onward forever, Working together, Are those who are striving to follow the gleam.
Bench and Bar, a monthly magazine for lawyers, published in New York City, commenting editorially on the Cole case recently decided by the New York Court of Appeals, calls special attention to the concurring opinion of Chief Judge Bartlett, in which he said: "I concur in Judge Chase's construction of the statute.
THE
growth of the Christian Science movement has been so wonderful in so many ways that it has sometimes occurred to the onlooker to ask himself what this movement will be like, say, in another of a century.
TEACHERS
in Christian Science Sunday schools are often asked by their pupils to explain the meaning of "everlasting punishment," when this subject comes up twice a year in the Lesson-Sermon.
It is with a heart filled with gratitude and an earnest wish that my experience may help some one in a like condition, that I send this testimony of healing through Christian Science.
In August, 1909, my family physician, after two years of constant attention, told me I was in a very critical state, owing to a complication of diseases and ten different ailments for which he could not give me medicine on account of the condition of my stomach and heart.
Most testimonies enumerate the blessings derived from Christian Science from a physical standpoint, but while I have received unlimited good in a physical way, I am more grateful for the healing of mental distress.
Following an experience which was the source of unspeakable mental anguish and sorrow as well as great physical suffering I underwent a series of illnesses, surgical operations, and the like, until it seemed that I had run the gamut of the ills to which flesh is heir.
I first became acquainted with Christian Science in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, six years ago ; and I have been studying it progressively ever since.
Manie Dona Scoffern
with contributions from R. C. Scoffern
It is with a heart full of gratitude that I give this testimony of the numerous benefits that have accrued to me and mine since gaining an understanding of the healing truth as revealed in Christian Science.
I wish to express my gratitude for the many blessings that have come to me through Christian Science, and for the healing and understanding of this truth, which is an ever present help.
Since we have been acquainted with the teachings of Christian Science I have had opportunity to appreciate the benefits accruing from their study and to experience the power which comes with the realization of the truth.
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