There are more than forty-eight thousand sawmills in the United States, and their output of waste in the form of sawdust, shavings, slabs, and other wood refuse is estimated as thirty-six million cords per year.
There
is no one who may not have a friend ; and that there should have been so many heart-breaking experiences in the loss or lack of friends is due to ignorance of what constitutes friendship and to the mistaken foundation upon which it is so often placed.
One
sunny day, while watching a boy who was focusing the rays of the sun through a glass on to a piece of paper, the writer noted that the paper speedily began to smolder and was soon in flames.
At
a business meeting in one of the branch churches the question of properly seating people at the services was earnestly discussed, and it was suggested by some that the church-members occupy front seats, so that late comers might be easily seated.
While we appreciate the very kindly attitude of the clergyman in his discourse on Christian Science as a "Contribution to Our Common Christianity," in which he acknowledged that Christian Science contains certain "great values which all of us need," yet the assertion in his second sercom on the "Philosophy of Christian Science" that "there is a mingling of light and darkness, of truth and error," is rebuked by Bible teaching.
From the fact that Christian Science demonstrates the Master's mission, "On earth peace, good will toward men," it would be impossible for its teachings to "lessen in the slightest degree the love" Jesus expressed for mankind.
As
when across the waking east there showsThe first faint flush of dawn, whose latent beamsPortend the coming of the light that teemsTriumphant till the earth no shadow knows;So in the heart where now but faintly glowsThe presence of the Christ, these quickening gleamsGive promise of release from earthly dreamsWhen Spirit's light the consciousness o'erflows.
In
view of the vast amount of publicity that within the past half-decade has been handed out by word of mouth and through the press as to the necessity for and the value of preventive medicine in general and the antitoxin treatment in particular, it is interesting to read certain authentic statistics which throw light upon the actual workings of this much-vaunted phase of medical practice.
It
should not seem surprising if out of the present world struggle there comes an enlarged sense of patriotism, an ideal vast enough to include all men and nations in the purpose to establish righteousness with its attendant harmony the world over.
Reformers
of various kinds, religious, social, political, or economic, frequently make the mistake of supposing that the suppression of evils is their cure.
with contributions from Bliss Knapp, Ernest G. Lorenzen, E. C. Weisman, Arthur R. Priest
In accordance with Sections 2, 3, and 4 of Article XXXII of the Manual of The Mother Church, all invitations to the board of lectureship must be initiated by the church or society desiring to give the lecture.
It is with a sense of deep gratitude that I relate how I was healed through reading the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
I would probably have studied Christian Science sooner had I thought I needed it physically, for I did not then recognize it as anything but a means of healing disease.
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