Agates
And I will make thy windows of Agates. ISAIAH Let us not forget How fairly the sun has risen and set; Each year has brought us some sunny hours, With a wealth of song and a crown of flowers; Power...
POTENCY OF IMAGINATION
My dear Teacher: I give you two cases, showing that Mind, not matter, is the controlling power. In 1869, just after my graduation from a medical college, I was called to see a lady who thought she...
SEEKING THE KINGDOM
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew vi. 33.An illustration of the meaning of this passage of Scripture is given in John, t...
THROAT, EYES, LUNGS
My Dear Teacher: It is with some hesitation that I address you, knowing how fully your time is occupied; still, I do want to tell you a few little things. I want to tell you that I realize a rapid...
MATTER A SHADOW
The answer to the oft-repeated question, Is there no matter? involves another question, What is matter?The word matter is defined, by standard authority, as the material, or substance, out of which...
SEEKING
Oh grant, dear Lord, this prayer to me, That I may know the Truth in Thee; Onward, through night, I seek the Way,Guide Thou my steps to perfect day. Oh may I know that I am Thine, Thine own pure t...
TEMPTATION'S POWER
There is a passage in Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians (x. 13) which it is well for every Christian Scientist to devoutly ponder:"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common...
Letters
NOTHING OR SOMETHINGHow often I hear the question: Is nothing being done for her? Are you giving her nothing?Is it nothing to make a spring in the face of mortal thought, of sin, sickness, and deat...
COUGH AND CANCER
To the Afflicted: I was a great sufferer for three years. I had been under the care of the best doctors, and tried change of climate, and was still in the worst condition. My parents had given up...
FINDING
In Thee, oh Spirit, true and tender, I find my Life, as God's own child; Within Thy Light, of glorious splendor,I lose the earth-clouds, drear and wild. In Thee I have no pain or sorrow, No anxiou...