WHEN
the patriarch Samuel set up his Eben-ezer "between Mizpeh and Shen," on the occasion of a signal victory over the Philistines, he not only commemorated God's ability to help, but foreshadowed a willingness to do so, and intimated large possibilities in this direction throughout all time.
So
accustomed are mankind to accepting without question the testimony of the physical senses, that many an inquirer, when confronted with the truth revealed in Christian Science, is moved to exclaim like Nicodemus, "How can these things be?
A CRITICISM
of Christian Scientists, once very common, was after this manner: "They are provincial; they never talk about anything except Christian Science.
As the patient shepherds saw the star that gave them hope of a savior, so disappointed travelers, the earth weary and heavy laden, are today finding that same star of hope in this new light of Truth which our beloved Leader, Mrs.
[On March 17 the supreme court of California rendered a decision construing the constitutionality of the medical practice act, which had been attacked upon the ground that it was class legislation, inasmuch as it did not require all kinds of practitioners to pass the examinations.
In a brief extract from a sermon which was reported in a recent issue of The Oregonian, it would seem that the clergyman was attacking that system of religious thought which denies the reality of sin, sickness, and death; and further, that he was attempting to show that such denial is contrary to Jesus' teachings.
That which is absolute truth never was in reality new, but it is new to the consciousness of any one when first perceiving the same, just as any mathematical problem, however simple, is new to the consciousness of the schoolboy when first tackling it.
A local evangelist, as reported, is attacking a religion which differs from his own principally in that it teaches and practises the Christian healing so remarkably exemplified by Jesus, while his own does not.
WITHIN
the word "procrastination" hides another, which pretends to be insignificant because it is so small, but actually is a thief that needs to be caught, for the good of men and nations.
Members of The Mother Church who are eligible for admission to the next Normal class of the Board of Education and who wish to be considered for it, may obtain a blank form of application by addressing the Christian Science Board of Education, Falmouth and St.
Last year, after a medical examination at school, my little boy was declared deaf in one ear, and the physicians pointed out the necessity of taking him to a specialist.
One of the joys following obedience to divine Principle is found to be a state of thought prepared to meet greater demands on one's faith, capacity, and love, which after all resolve into greater proofs of God's care.
In August, 1912, a cousin who had become a student of Christian Science the previous year, offered to treat me for a structural defect of the eye and a slight squint, from which I had suffered for about twelve years and for which a specialist had told me I would be obliged to wear glasses all my life.
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