While the boom of cannon and fireworks sound in my ears...
While the boom of cannon and fireworks sound in my ears, proclaiming liberty, in mortal's sense fashion, is it not an appropriate time for me to recall my independence day?The July Journal has just...
In the year 1900, in a township in a county of the...
In the year 1900, in a township in a county of the State of Illinois, the mother of a German family passed away and left a number of children,—mostly grown to maturity. One of the daughters seemed...
CHURCH GOVERNMENT*
We feel, each one of us, that we meet on the eve of stirring events. A movement towards organization is going on in many directions, but it is especially noticeable in the organization of churches....
About six months ago I passed through a class of Christian Science...
About six months ago I passed through a class of Christian Science instruction, and whenever the teacher spoke of "Mind the only Sight," I did not have the faintest thought of taking off...
Christian Science first came to my notice in the year...
Christian Science first came to my notice in the year 1886, but I gave it no thought only as something most unreasonable and false until it came to me to save my life and gave me something to live...
THE WORD
WE find in the Bible many references to the "Word." There is the word of exhortation, the word of prophecy, the word of his grace, the faithful word, and the word fitly spoken, which is s...
NOT A STRANGE LANGUAGE NOR AN HARD SPEECH
When Ezekiel the prophet was called "Son of Man" and told to hearken to the voice of God, it was said to him: "For thou art not sent to a people of a strange language and of an hard...
My little daughter, seven years old, had a severe belief the...
My little daughter, seven years old, had a severe belief the other night. After the victory over sense had been won, she sat up in bed, and asked for pencil and paper, saying, "I am so full of...
A PRACTICAL FAITH
WHEN a child, I would go up in the back corner of the hay mow, or off in a lonely ravine, where I could not be seen or heard, and pray and sing and read the Bible, in the hope that I might experien...
In the month of February, 1887, a neighbor came into...
In the month of February, 1887, a neighbor came into my house with a letter from a mutual friend living in Chicago, who wrote that they had something new in Chicago called Christian Science, and it...