One
of the doctrines of physical science which seems to find support in natural history is that which declares for the survival of the fittest, and which is often taken to mean the survival of the strongest.
One
of the most lasting impressions gained from a visit to any great industrial mart is that of the racket and roar which characterizes human mechanism and movement, even at its best.
Some
of the good work that is being done by the committee on publication is in the line of correcting misstatements of fact which have gone out over the wires as news, and on this basis have found space in the newspapers of the country.
Some
young Christian Scientists—as well as some who are old enough to know better—seem to entertain the belief that because God is good, they have nothing to do in shaping their human lives but to sit back and state this fact in a sort of automatic way; or, in other words, they expect to reap a harvest without having done the preliminary planting and watering which are as necessary as the sunshine to produce satisfactory fruitage.
In
reading the testimonies of healing published in the Sentinel and Journal, one becomes impressed with the large number of cases wherein the fears of the patient and of his friends are plainly disclosed to have been "the procuring cause and foundation".
As we study the New Testament in the light of Christian Science, we are deeply impressed by the many evidences of a new order of things which finds expression in the Gospels and epistles, spiritual law and order displacing belief in a material order, on the part of those who had awakened to the truth of being.
Once
upon a time there was a small boy who, being given a sugar-plum, proceeded to swallow it without indicating in any way his appreciation of the kindness of the giver; whereupon the latter said, "Well, aren't you thankful for it?
