September 16, 1916
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To make a successful fight against moving sand-dunes such as those of the Columbia River region and other places along the Pacific coast, the United States must follow the plan adopted by France many years ago and build one great dune in an effort to eliminate many smaller ones.
In
the study of chemistry the student learns that among the elements there are those of opposite qualities or characteristics, and that, as in the case of acids and alkalies, they can be used in the work of analysis for the purpose of neutralizing each other.
In
the course of conversation one day between two students of Christian Science, the younger student, who was being helped by the other, said, "I do wish this error would leave me and let me go.
My
father's faithful watchfulness and constant, loving care of me as a little child, and all through the varied experiences of girlhood, would have left to memory a precious legacy but for one thing.
In
these times when the temptation to share the world's belief in strife and its attendant terrors is seemingly insistent, Christian Scientists are clinging to the knowledge that peace is the only true state of the universe and man, and they are doing this in a way they perhaps never did before when the world was, outwardly at least, more peaceful.
In
Christian Science, as in every other subject, reading and study make the well-informed person, while application makes the practical student.
When
first the grandeur of God's kingdom breaks in upon the unaccustomed thought, through Christian Science, one held by the mortal sense of life, looking into its shallowness, is prone to exclaim, as did Paul, "Who is sufficient for these things?
As I see the condition, church partizanship has had its day, and it is time that a hungry world should be spiritually fed on something better than religious husks.
Recently
there came to the writer a very practical illustration of how through prayer as taught in Christian Science the "whole armor of God" may not only be put on for ourselves, but the immediate objects of our thoughts may also be protected.
In a recent issue of the News, under the department of religion and social service, a clergyman in an address on the healing of sickness, at the Y.
There is a wide difference between what is called suggestion, which proceeds from the action of the human mind, and the practice of Christian Science, which emanates from the ceaseless activity of the divine Mind, the only cause, called God.
In a sermon as reported in the Times such harsh terms were used as "delusion," "dishonor," "of the devil," and a number of others of like nature, to denounce those who disagree with this clergyman's opinion that "the miraculous presence and power of the Holy Spirit were peculiar to the apostolic age and to the church in the beginning.
Self-condemnation
presents itself for correction only to those who are striving for spirituality.
Because
the healing of the sick is more readily seen and acknowledged than the other reforms which Christian Science has brought about in human experience, the impression has prevailed with many persons that it is the sole objective of this religious system; but such is not the case.
It
is deeply interesting to read the many admonitions as to rejoicing found in the Bible, and Christian Science is daily bringing these precious gems to light so that we may make them our own.
In thanksgiving to God, and in gratitude to Mrs.
In the spring of 1914 I had three hemorrhages from the lungs.
After having kept silent so long, I feel impelled to testify to the many blessings which I have received through Christian Science.
Truly divine Love meets "every human need," as our Leader declares on page 494 of Science and Health.
This testimony is given in the hope that it may encourage some one who is looking for work.
This testimony is sent with love and gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
When the Science of Christianity was brought to my attention seven years ago, I had undergone two surgical operations and was then suffering from a nervous trouble as well as from stomach, intestinal, and liver derangement of thirteen years' standing.
With a heart overflowing with gratitude for the benefits received through Christian Science by gaining an understanding of our loving God and of man's relation to Him, I give this testimony.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude for what Christian Science has done and is doing for me that I send this testimony.
With all my heart I am grateful for having been brought to the light of understanding as revealed to us in Christian Science.
A great sense of burden has rolled away from both mind and body since my introduction to Christian Science.
I wish especially to give thanks for the Christian Science literature.
I feel a desire to express my gratitude for Christian Science in view of the fact that the members of my family as well as myself have experienced the salutary influence of its teachings in the most positive manner.
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The Christian Science Text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
