The
press of England and America has devoted many columns in the last week to giving heartfelt expressions of love and reverence for Florence Nightingale, the noble Englishwoman whose earthly career has so recently closed.
The
frequency with which books on certain subjects are borrowed from the public libraries may be taken as fairly indicative of the degree of interest which these subjects have for the people at large.
The
imperative command of the great Teacher, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect," was given by one who had tested the possibilities of humanity, and who in consequence "knew what was in man," as we read in John's Gospel.
How best to dispose of accumulating copies of the Sentinel and Journal, is a question that sometimes perplexes Christian Scientists who would like to pass along their "good things" to' others, but are in doubt as to the most effective method of accomplishing their purpose.
Christian Scientists
are sometimes asked by those who are becoming interested in Christian Science, as to how certain things should be "demonstrated," as, for instance, a home.
Some
of those who criticize Christian Science and Christian Scientists do so from the standpoint that too much is made of the healing of disease, and too little of the healing of sin; but there are at least two reasons why such criticism is not well founded.
Religion
and physical science have generally been agreed that the material world and all it contains will be destroyed at some period unknown to either science or religion, but people have usually trusted that this great change might not come in their day.
David's
prayer, "Cleanse thou me from secret faults," seems peculiarly fitting when we remember how grievously he had sinned "against light," against the truth taught by Moses when he said, "Thou hast set our iniquities.