The
return of the Christmas-tide this year is sure to remind all thoughtful Christians of the heart-saddening incongruity between the sweet song of "On earth peace," that floated down out of the Judæan skies that first Christmas time, and the outcries of passion and of pain attending the present strife among Christian nations.
Among
the thousands of testimonies to the efficacy of Christian Science which are given at the Wednesday evening meetings and through the columns of the Sentinel and Journal, not a few are from business men who through the study of this Science have been able to accomplish more, and on better lines, than ever before.
All
thinkers are agreed that if people would consent to deal more with essential truth, not only in religious questions but in those of every-day experience, their differences of opinion would largely disappear.
Editor
with contributions from Curt Gentsch, Clerk Second Church, Alice Tournier, William H. Norledge
The
following cablegram and letters bear witness to the appreciation of our brothers and sisters across the sea of the loving-kindness of the Christian Scientists in America, and also to the effective work of William D.
The
student of Christian Science soon learns that thought underlies all the words that are spoken, and he thus comes to be more discriminating in his use of them than ever before.
Throughout
the apostolic narratives of the New Testament it is unmistakably emphasized that Christ Jesus' preaching of the gospel of salvation from sin was coincident with his healing of the sick.
The
most enthusiastic evolutionist would no doubt say, with respect to the physical development of mortals, that as a machine, nothing more perfect can be produced or even conceived.
In
a Sunday school class, recently, as the beatitudes were being studied, some questions were asked respecting the relation between persecution and blessedness.
A question having arisen in some branch churches in regard to the eligibility for reelection to the office of reader of persons who have served for three years in that office, and this question having been referred to The Christian Science Board of Directors for decision, they make the following statement, to wit: —