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If a doctor has pleasing manners and is smart with the women, he will make more money and reputation than if he did first-class surgery. — Dr.
An interesting letter has been issued in Philadelphia by the American Anti-Vivisection Society of Pennsylvania, appealing to the public not to circulate sensational stories about alleged mad dogs and the terrible results of people bitten by them. Such accounts, it states, frighten people into nervous disorders, and yet there is upon record a great mass of testimony from physicians asserting the extreme rarity of hydrophobia, even in the dog.
Were we to announce that every system which acknowledges mind and matter, as a basis, is more or less tinctured with idolatry, it would indeed be a startling announcement, yet in the face of this we desire to establish the truthfulness of such a charge from a Scriptural standpoint, including the divine philosophy of Jesus and Paul. The Bible supports such a proposition, and the author of Science and Health teaches that we take the Scripture for our guide to eternal Life.
What is a talent? Quoting from good authority, as to the definition of the word, it is used to denote "an ancient denomination of weight, especially of gold, varying widely in value. " So it indicates money, wealth and property in general.
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Dear Journal :— I have already sent you a somewhat lengthy testimony, but since the cure of my eyes I have had so many lovely demonstrations that I feel I ought not to pass them over. One morning I felt a sick headache coming on, accompanied by a feverish heat which seemed to be burning me up.
In noticing the request not to copy the Mother's letters, I wish to uncover a serious error going on. Not only are her letters copied and distributed, but our letters to patients and students also.
In the August Journal it was asked why Christian Scientists should not remain in the old denominations and let their light shine through them. While the question was fully answered by the editor yet it was briefly answered; and as experiences are always in order in Science, there are presented here some real ones bearing on the subject.
The people of the United States seem very much exercised over the question as to which kind of matter will save the Nation, and give plenty to the individual. Our Master never said that either yellow matter or white matter would save us, but he did say, "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh [matter] profiteth nothing.