January 20, 1917
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Abandonment of the conflicting water power bills now before Congress, and the creation of an ex officio commission with power to grant leases for the use of all public lands and streams, is suggested by Secretary of the Interior Lane as a solution of the water power question.
Mortal
mind's tendency to personify both good and evil, shows itself in the prevalent habit of humanity to conceive of its friends and enemies as certain individuals, sects, or races.
One
of the fundamentals of Christian Science, namely, the fact that Spirit and not matter is substantial, came very vividly to the thought of the writer while he was sitting one summer day in the shadow of a great rock on the Massachusetts coast.
Our good friends the Presbyterians want one afternoon a week of public school time to be devoted to religion.
The attempt of a certain minister to separate Christian Science from Christianity, as reported in the Citizen, was necessarily a failure, because it consisted mainly of misrepresentations.
If your correspondent in his recent lecture said anything that is true about Christian Science, I am glad of it.
That Christian Science is both Christian and scientific is amply attested by reason of the fact that it is a revival of primitive Christianity.
A recent issue reported the establishment by a clergyman of a movement "involving mind control over body," known as a school of "Applied Truth Science.
Jesus made much more of his works than does our critic, for when John sent unto him asking, "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
In
the seventh chapter of John's gospel our Master is quoted as saying to the Jews who sought him at the feast in Jerusalem: "My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
What
a word wherewith to rejoice mankind—this word health, intimately associated with its kindred words hale and whole! What buoyancy and beauty, what symmetry and wholesome peace lie enfolded in this word, and yet how little it is generally understood! Every one wants health, therefore no one should need be compelled to seek it; but, unfortunately, while everybody believes in health, all are not agreed as to its real meaning.
Bible
students are sometimes puzzled by the account of the barren fig tree which was withered by Jesus' rebuke, but Jesus rebuked error in whatever guise it presented itself to him.
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After
eighteen years of faithful service as a member of the board of trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society, Mr.
"In
grateful appreciation of the many benefits received from Christian Science, as taught by and exemplified in the life of our Leader, Mrs.
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The introductory remarks of August Schaper, first reader of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, in presenting John Randall Dunn, who lectured on Christian Science, were as follows:—
It was about two years ago that I became interested in Christian Science.
About five years ago, when the outlook on life seemed darkest, I took up the study of Christian Science for the second time.
I have long wished to avail myself of the privilege of expressing heartfelt gratitude for the sense of protection and peace which Christian Science has enabled me to realize, and therefore have great pleasure in sending this testimony from that part of the field which is at present the scene of "conflicting forces".
In 1905, after suffering intensely for three weeks, I was persuaded by my brother to try Christian Science, and was healed in one treatment of what two doctors had pronounced quinsy.
I was brought up in the Jewish faith, but had no definite concept of God and His creation until it was revealed to me in Christian Science.
The beautiful prophecy of Isaiah, "A little child shall lead them," was brought to my thought very forcefully a few days ago when my daughter interrupted the reading of our Lesson-Sermon to ask: "Mother, why don't you write of my wonderful healing, so that other little children will hear about it?
I have unbounded gratitude for Christian Science, and know that it heals physically, mentally, and morally, having witnessed and experienced many proofs of God's healing power.
If we are ready to subordinate the human will to the divine, our healing in Christian Science may be instantaneous.
I was an invalid from birth and suffered dreadfully from organic heart disease.
Several years ago I began the study of Christian Science because I had no faith in medical science as a curative agent for nervous breakdown.
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The Christian Science Text-book, "Science and Health with Key to The Scriptures.
