A Gentle
cuckoo that had built her nest in the pine tree in the front yard, was sitting quietly upon her eggs one morning when suddenly a four-footed visitor appeared upon the scene.
In The Oregonian the retiring head of the City and County Medical Society is reported as having condemned Christian Scientists for their attitude toward the medical profession.
In reply to the article entitled "Apostolic Gift Found Dormant, not Withdrawn," in a recent issue, permit us to call attention to the fact that both theology and medicine had been in vogue for many centuries when Jesus of Nazareth appeared on the scene, healing by spiritual means alone all manner of sin, sickness, and deformity.
How
winning is the gentleness of Jesus! It has drawn the best in every age, and it never gave offense save to those who wilfully resisted the demands of Truth.
The
symbols used by the writers of the Holy Scriptures are a never-failing source of enlightenment and of unfolding joy to the student of Christian Science.
"God loveth a cheerful giver" just as surely today as when Paul proclaimed this joyous truth to the Corinthians; and the results of one's giving are the same, for "as he purposeth in his heart," he shall reap "sparingly" or "bountifully.