The
whilom city farmer was made glad, and withal very thoughtful, as he looked out through the trees to the glowing sunset and listened for the approaching stillness of the night.
In
the book of Job the heights and depths of human experience are many times touched with a pathos which shows that the vital questions of life have been the same in every age.
Among
the criticisms of Christian Science which appear from time to time, is the claim that followers of this faith are narrow and bigoted, because they do not embody in their doctrine the views of others who have thought and written upon lines which the critics believe to be similar to Christian Science.
In
these days when things political seem to loom largely all over the country, the welfare of the people rightly commands something more than a passing interest from every good citizen.
The
many Christian Scientists who have desired to contribute to the relief of those of our people who are enduring the hardships which war entails, will welcome the opportunity afforded by the following letter, a copy of which has been mailed to all the branch churches and societies in the United States:—
In
reading the Bible, one is impressed by the numerous references to hills and mountains, these being mainly used to symbolize mental and spiritual exaltation.
Mortal
sense has no impulse or tendency that is more subtly debilitating to the spiritual life than that exhibited in the universally prevailing habit of self-excuse.
One
of the first things realized by those who have come to Christian Science for healing, is that in the process of being healed they have been freed from a great weight of fear which has been as a millstone about their necks.
Where
shall the heart find quietness and peace, a satisfying sense of repose, in the midst of the seemingly endless turmoil of human life—how gain that unvarying buoyancy of spirit which will enable one to surmount such a flood of trial and tragedy as that which is sweeping over many of earth's fairest fields today?