In
the epistle to the Hebrews it is written, "Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.
It
is recorded in the thirty-fifth chapter of Numbers that Moses, governed by divine wisdom, appointed a certain number of cities to be designated as "cities for refuge.
A Simple
incident is often the means by which something immeasurably greater is revealed to us, as when, on a starlit night, the stirring of a tiny leaf on a high bough discloses to the upturned gaze of the watcher the bright light of some distant planet.
How little children, free from every qualmOf carking care, to happy rest time yield,Content with that day's joy, serenely calm;Nor strive to know their parents' thought will shieldAnd keep their children with unloosening hold;Enriched by ceaseless wealth of careful loveAnd sure providing, safe as in a foldThe lambs unheedful rest, or as the doveIn its wood nest secure! So clouds of fearHave never dimmed the child's sweet heaven of peace,Or stirred a dread he might become less dear,Nor roused a wondering thought if love could cease.
Gordon V. Comer, former Committee on Publication for the State of Colorado,
Several references were made to Christian Science by the contributor of a letter on "Indifference to Church" that appeared in one of your recent issues.
Orwell Bradley Towne, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
A letter on the editorial page of your paper of today would give the erroneous impression that Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, was not in favor of prohibition.
The desire to serve with love and humility is indeed a prayer that finds healing entrance into human hearts, opens the prison doors to those that are bound, and lets in the light of Truth and Love.
About four years ago I was forced to withdraw from a very profitable business on account of a severe nervous breakdown, with attendant disorders including partial deafness.
Hamish Macgregor Morris
with contributions from Gertrude L. Morris
In December, 1914, at my wife's request, I attended my first Christian Science Wednesday evening testimony meeting, and listened to several, to me, remarkable testimonies given by gentlemen whom I knew and respected.
I have learned so many beautiful things in Christian Science that I find it difficult to put into words or adequately to express the gratitude I feel for the blessings which have come to me.
O tender mother-love! We like to markHow the child Samuel served in deed and thought,Tending the glowing flame before the ark,Wearing the coat his mother's hands had wrought.
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