Whether
it is David or some other inspired writer to whom we are indebted for the wonderful illustration of God's abiding protection portrayed in the ninety-first psalm, certainly no declaration in the Bible more clearly sets forth the loving care of "the Almighty" for His own.
What
a joyous vision the word "vacation" may conjure up to those toiling in the heated cities of the world, in crowded stores, in noisy workshops, in musty offices! What plans are made for long walks and lazy mornings, spent in listening to the cool lapping of the waves on the seashore; what eager discussions as to the best place in which to spend the precious leisure! Then, how often, disappointment seems to come instead of joy! So many things arise to interfere with the peaceful time that we intended to spend, and we return home with a sense of failure, a sense of having missed something; and we attribute this to the weather, to people with whom we came in contact, or, perhaps, to having made an unwise choice as to location.
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts,
I have seen more than a few curious statements about Christian Science from representatives of other religions, but the following statement, attributed by your Northfield correspondent to a speaker there, is one of the strangest that I have seen.
Thomas C. Hollingshead, Committee on Publication for the State of Idaho,
A contributor to a recent edition of your paper, writing on the subject of "miracles," has chosen to express publicly some personal doubt as to the healing experienced through the ministration of Christian Science; and for the purpose only of correcting a wrong impression that has been given your readers, I ask the privilege of a little space in your paper.
Mrs. Annie I. Rembert, Committee on Publication for the State of South Carolina,
Please allow me space in order that I may make a few comments in regard to the ex-rabbi's repudiation of Christian Science, published in a recent issue of your paper.
The
sculptor, hewing from the shapeless rockEach fragment foreign to his pattern fair,Transforming with deft touch the stubborn block,Or ringing blow, works only to lay bareWhat long the granite's heart held unrevealed.
In compliance with your request, I herewith submit a report, gathered from various quarters, of some of the work done by the down-town branch of the Christian Science Relief Quarters in Miami, Florida, several months ago.
One
of the fundamental teachings of Christian Science is that all true causation is divine; that is to say, the universe springs from God, the only cause and the only creator.
Our readers will be interested to know that a gift of the property at Bow, New Hampshire, which was formerly the farm of Mark Baker, the father of Mary Baker Eddy, where Mary Baker was born in 1821 and where she lived until about fifteen years of age, has been made to The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, by Mr.
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I had been brought up under a religious system, with its creeds and ceremonial forms, which held the belief that disease and all untoward circumstances were to be canceled at death.
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