One
windy day, while crossing in a small gasoline propelled ferryboat that part of the middle Columbia River where the canyon is deep and the current strong, and where the west wind meeting the opposing action of the water agitates it into whitecapped waves, it came clearly to my thought that we are protected from the elements just in the degree that we reflect the intelligence of divine Love, by means of which we can ride safely over all that appears to threaten us.
In
these days when so much is heard on every side of home ties broken by the absence of those who have gone out to serve in this time of the world's great need, it is well now and then to ponder over that loved word home, and to realize what its true meaning in divine Science is.
Woodrow Wilson
with contributions from Robert Lansing
It
has long been our custom to turn, in the autumn of the year, in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation.
In giving credit in your paper to various healing agencies—including "sunlight, fresh air, cheerful company, et cetera"—you expressed also your belief that Christian Science heals by mental or spiritual suggestion, although you indicated that it my use "faith, prayer, and knowledge.
I quite agree with a correspondent that "every material element is at war with all others that cross its path," and it is from these warring elements of materiality that mankind is seeking salvation.
