with contributions from Henry Goodwin Smith, E. V. Stevens
The average man believes in salvation by character and life, and he does not believe that a man's salvation is dependent on the opinions he may hold on doubtful theological points.
Theodore Roosevelt
with contributions from Elihu Root
The
time of year has come when, in accordance with the wise custom of our forefathers, it becomes my duty to set aside a special day of thanksgiving and praise to the Almighty because of the blessings we have received, and of prayer that these blessings may be continued.
Some
years ago, at the annual banquet of the Medico-Legal Society of the city of New York, being invited to speak, I made use of the opportunity afforded to flippantly deride Christian Science and ridicule its Founder, Mrs.
To
comprehend fully the significance of this word, we must close the door upon the world and enter the inner consciousness where is found sweet communion with Soul.
The
significance of the parable of the laborers hired to work in a vineyard, some of them early in the day, others later, at different hours, even so late as the eleventh, and yet all paid the same wage, has come to me with singular force.
Disreputable journalism strikes its lowest depths when it attacks an aged woman, and more especially a woman who has grown old gently and gracefully in living and teaching what she and thousands of her followers believe to be the essentials of pure thought, pure speech, and pure acts.
