Bills number 722 and 997, introduced by petition in the Massachusetts Legislature at the present session, have been adversely reported by the Committee on Public Health, and as the report has been concurred in by the Legislature the bills are now finally disposed of.
It
is well known that the most thoughtful and conscientious physicians refuse to discuss their patients' diseases with them, sometimes greatly to the annoyance of the latter, who naturally feel that they ought to know all there is to be known about themselves.
By
a devious path, and after many a stumbling, David reached a consciousness of Truth, a sense of the presence and availability of the divine Life which accounts for his reputation as "a man after God's own heart.
During
the past two weeks Christian Scientists have been much discussed by the newspapers, and we are glad to see that they have refrained from taking part in the exploitations of sensational journalism which so largely assume to forestall or even supplant our judicial system.
Truth's
ministry always begins at the point of human need; it is considerate of conditions, waits patiently for the right time and opportunity, and knows how to be no less wise than uncompromising.
In
the natural and orderly progress of the Christian Science movement it has been necessary to "enlarge our borders" from time to time, and recently a permanent enlargement of the Sentinel has been one of the way-marks in the growth of our Cause.