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THE word universe is from the Latin "unus" one, and "vertere" to turn, i. e.
THERE is one question the nations of the world will all agree on. We desire that our sick be healed.
IN the Eden Allegory it is recorded that the first mortal concept was a belief of innocence and purity. This condition is not enduring, as with the first suggestion of evil, mortals are made aware of their false position.
CHRISTIANITY as Christian Science, is not one of a number of religious systems of the world that was founded by a, Confucius, a Buddha, a Mohammed, a Moses or by Jesus. It is a universal religion, with a universal Principle, and capable of a universal practice.
Will all the dear Christian Scientists accept my tender greetings for the forthcoming holidays and grant me this request,— let the present season pass without one gift to me? Our church edifice must be built in 1894. Take thither thy saintly offerings and lay them in the outstretched hand of God.
In that Book which is held by millions to contain the oracles of God, the question is asked, "What is man, that Thou art mindful of him?" The answer is given in the ascending scale, and beginning with man as, "a little lower than the angels," finally points to him in triumph as the representative of Divine power and authority. It needs not to be argued, that this question ranks first in importance of all that can be asked, for while art, science, and philosophy, are of interest to some, there is but one study of universal interest, and that is man.
It is not my province to discuss the question as to whether God is, but rather to say something of what he is. Nearly all men believe in God.
"It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you are Spirit and are life. "—Jesus.
I hereby enjoin upon all Christian Scientists that hereafter they refrain from speaking or writing condemnatory of any Christian denomination, and only promulgate Christian Science through correct statement of the science of Christianity, and by its good works. This alone is consistent with our attitude and the brotherly place accorded us in the Congress and Parliament of Religions in A.