Show SOME SELECTIONS fROM THE i CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SENTINEL RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT Ida L. L Baker Jesus said Judge e not ac according ordin to the appearance e but iud judge e ri righteous ad ment and ana in Science and Health 9 re read that t anatomy when con con- ived of ot spiritually is mental sell self pledge and consists in tho the Ion 11 of at thoughts to discover cr their qua qua- 1 quantity and origin Science and Pp p. p When discordant con con- lions arise in in my work as a teacher I the public schools I L have found MO thoughts thought ht lUo most t helpful They cheek k the tendency to deal summarily with nth impulsive c and mil wayward wa children E Tor or with ith it its sudden flurry and noise uld often deceive us and make u thInk ink that it alono governs certain chilen chil- chil iren ren en when all the tune time good is the real the e anI only power power IT z How often when wo vo havo o waited for or Truth Troth to reveal to us the motive motho back backof of ct a doubtful act wo have bave learned with that tho the act was WM produced by byan byan an 11 entirely different motive motho from theon tho the on eno ene which the outward appearance in in- One On day at school whilo while I Iwas W was S collecting some somo written work from tho language ao class ono one of the pupils pupil in in- had tead of ot handing bandin her paper to mo me mp with wilh tho the others bastil hastily erum crumpled leg it i in her hands blinds and then tore it t into pieces I Later when I questioned her as to wh why uhe Ibe be had bad done dono this thie she explained that just as M she was fini finishing hin her work she shead I bad iad ad dropped ed a bi big biJ blot of at ink upon the I taper paper per and she added d in a 1 hopeless and I cd m manner that something alWAY al al- WAY happened to prevent her ber work marked from om bein being good r Before I 1 be began an to talk with the child be her quick juick temper stood out most prominently prominently in my thought hut but when I became be be- came amo conscious of her earnest desiro to todo todo todo do her work we well and of tho pa painstaking lug ing n effort she ho had put forth my feelings feel feel- lags ings s changed ed from condemnation to III pathy and love lo I showed her in a 1 afew few ew W words word that tit her ber temper meant noth- noth Ln bg but that her desire to do her work well weil alone counted When tho the child bade mo me good bye bc I felt that wo under under- tood e each each h other and I also nIso realized rc hat bat Truth bad revealed ro to m mo as never DOyel ore the tho depth of meaning in those words Comprehension is love ova ovo This little incident also 1 taught no the great reat difference between working work work- ing n ng from tho standpoint of tho the moral aw IW w. w Thou bou shall not and from that f tho the spiritual law I Blessed art hon ion Ji THE SPIRITUAL AL ROCK ff Ther They drank of that spiritual rock tha that them and that rock was I I Corinthians I Ir r Throughout bout the scriptures we find freI fre- I reference to the tho rock and it I always alwa's stan stands s for or the tho fre 1 I dea At tho the very close of his wonder wonder- ul Dl Sermon on the Mount the tho groat ea eacher employs this figure figuro to show tho the seed eed of the one foundation on which to our obedience to divine divino law moly the tho understanding in of spiritual reality The Tho student o of Christian Science cho bo ma may meet with seemingly hard cx- cx on his bis way vay out ont of of the wilder wilder- less ess of material sense should bo be b by the assurance given b by Jesus that the tho house built the tha rue ruo 0 foundation will stand in spite of the rain the wind and tho the floods which may av assail asail it j h or or some time Christian Scientists as body have havo been under undergoing oin an ex ex- of tho the kind described describe in the tho treat eat Sermon Their Cause and its Leader ave been assailed b by a long continued torin torm of mortal misrepresentation the tho vowed vo purpose of which as finally ex- ex was tho the destruction o or of the tho I hole bole super superstructure of Christian Sd- Sd n nee lC The point of attack was however howe ho io o personality of the Leader of tho the and tho the method seemed to be bo hat bat to which Jesus referred when ho noted the old prophets prophet's words Smite he e shepherd and the sheep of the flock ball hall be scattered abroad It is not notown notown own by bv those who do not understand r practice practice Christian Science that the tho ith th of Christian Scientists docs not Dot est at lit upon the tho personality of their honed hon hen I red ed Leader but upon the divine divino Prin Prin- I plo pIe revea revealed cd to thorn through bera her ber a hin s. s In tho understanding of God GodI I thus made mado known sho she and they tey aliko 1 d shelter from tho storm and tempest human i ignorance fear and malice 1 emer emerge e from each experience with SUrer sense of Truths Truth's all power and risdom dome They have havo therefore stood moro more ly than over ever before b by br the tho truth mch has healed them thorn of ot sin and sick- sick es and havo have been if it were wore possible lore are loving lo and loyal than ever evor to the theme ne me through whom tho the healing truth ra 4 brought to them at such cost on cr part We should not Dot forget or ct that according Jesus' Jesus teaching the rain and md the tho cod come aliko alike to those who only g ear ar and to those who obey his words at it t there is a I. tremendous difference in I e final result result the tho house which is founded upon a rock outlasts the orm because it has a sure foundation hose OM ose who learn in Christian Science w Dy Christ Jesus healed the sick are areLO ro LO of the Bible Biblo statements that he ho Id d heal all manner mauner of sickness and 4 i 1 1 manner of disease for they prove provo til uly If the power of the divine divino Principle I his ms glorious work Those who believed I at they could lessen or destroy J Jesus Jesus' b by crucifying him o only l com corn c lIed him bim to tf J give Jve ve the highest proof of I divine divino mission and thus to use our I aders ader's words H rise rise t to the tho zenith of p Science and Health 5 At this hour wo we o havo have had a wonder wonder- proof Proof of our dear Leaders Leader's loyalty I th the tue Truth Truth she he has made known to us it it remains for all nil her followers to toD tp D p close to the spirit as well as tho the thor ter er r of her ber inspired teachings We VC uld urn never forget forgot the tho emphasis which Places uP upon n Ie meekness and 1 d a ty y S Science and Health p p p. that without these no real victories be gained The spirituality must J rii tho the words 0 9 and the work of ofu u tian Scientists for thus thua alone can 7 y give to the world convincing proof t CI Christ Truth rules them T and that t t ther e ii ii old AV- AV things aro are passed a away way awayan I r all an things thing aro are become new Spir- Spir I v j lity it y j is 18 the rock on which we wo must i f l Id If we e e. e would do the tho will await in serene fereno c confidence tho the end S tb er error or nIl all the tho while knowing that to i Fin 8 kingdom and rein reign t there t there shall no end nd ANNIE M. M I. I KNOTT TESTIMONIES 1 OF HEALING Science first attracted my n i BOm some me fifteen that years yeAn a ago o and ana time in the words of Paul I I Lu Ily lit l t thou thought bt with myse myself lff th that t I If 0 o do f things contrary to many D t i-t flame of or Jesus of Nazareth Nazareth I then pastor of an orthodox church some of 51 my most prominent momI mom mcm- i I I IM through URh h th the bealin healing of a friend of rs K b became came interested in in Christian ce e and finally l loft ft tho church I in m In believing behoving that st a work and that it was my duty duly I I to destro destroy tho the illusion and nd t rescue the the pcr perishing but I found to my ray surprise surprie that I could not bring them to feel the need of rescue and finally left them to their fate After Alter this T read some Science literature but always with a prejudiced cd thought and so 80 derived cd very cry little benefit 1 I aid did however become cr very much dissatisfied fied with the old tho the olo elegy y and the slight effect its teaching seemed to have havo upon the masses or oreen even en upon professing Christians This led me mc final finally to resi resign n my pastorate and retire retiro from th the ministry I did not nol realize at that timo just what the difficulty dUll dim I culty was and Orl why the tho so-called so gospel ospel seemed to have o so 80 litle effect nor did I II I realize why m my iy own life seemed so in in- harmonious In Tn conversion with an nn avowed a infidel about this time he be said I If If to me you people will only co go o out and heal a few sick ick people as s Jesus and his disciples professed to do I will believe both in their work and nud in yours and will become become be be- come a Christian I felt then and have many times since that the tho infidel had reason on his side and that it ought to be bo just as possible to heal the sick now as ae in T Jesus Jesus' timo time but strange e to say av I was not willing to give e Christian Sc Science ence the credit for doin doing this very thin thing However after spending a great deal deil of money and after my wife had suffered the pan pangs s of several deaths in in fact after we wo had exhausted the tho resources resources re reo re- re sources of ot materia medica without benefit bene bone fit we wo very cry reluctantly and faithlessly turned to Christian Science It is is needless to tell Christian Scientists Scientists what we found They know but for the tho benefit of any who may mav read this who is still clin clinging in to tho tio old wa way I desire desiro to say that wo we found health where hero for years we wo had known only sickness happiness where we wo had hall known only suffering harmony before nil all had been discord hope faith and peace where before despair and discouragement discouragement dis dis- coura ement had reigned ned supreme Not ono of our family of seven en has taken any medicine since sinco wo we have learned the better hetter way way the tho Truth cure and Truth and every ono ana enjoys enjoy health and happiness But marvelous as tho physical healin healing has seemed I am nm oven even more moro forcibly impressed im impressed im im- pressed with the spiritual uplift that has come to us as a result of the tho study tudy of this wonderful subject Tho Bible has become a new book to us and God Godan an present ever inclusive all reality reality- the tho reality of Life Truth and Love Christ Jesus said Come unto me all an allye ane ye e that labor and are arc heavy laden and I will give e you yOU rest and a again ain in inthe inthe the tho vision islon o of Saul who afterward became became be be- came Paul Why thou me me it is hard for thee to kick kicka a against tho the pricks I would 8 say a to a world of suffering humanity that there is iR a balm in Gilead and you ma may find it if you will therefore H acquaint now thyself with him and be bo at peace D. D E. E ARMITAGE Sioux City la In It seems to m me mc that I J can never ne be grateful enough for what Christian Science Science ence once has bas done dono for or me In June Tune 1905 I went to a hospital where I la lay Jay sixteen weeks after undergoing an operation on for bowel trouble Three of our best physicians physicians said there was no hope for my recovery recovery re coYer covery and told m my family to make the tho funeral arran arrangements which they thoy did didat didat didat at once some neighbors preparing my mv clothes for burial To tho the surprise of all allI I rallied after forty eight hours and was taken borne home in a helpless and hopeless condition Ono One of my ray limbs was terribly distorted and the other ono one was also badly drawn I began to take massage I and was told that there thero would bo be no change chango in m my limbs in less than year At this timo time I could sit in a chair but hut had no DO use of my limbs I continued the massage about six weeks with irith no im im- im- im provement My was wa such that it seemed to be impossible to use crutches although h one physician said that if I could 1 I mh might ht be ablo able to walk valk walkin in a year rear and a half but he lie also said that the disease with which I suffered Buffered intensely would doubtless grow worse as asI asI asI I grew stron stronger er Before I had gone Jone to the hospital a friend spoke to mo me of Christian Science and I thou thought bt of it at different times but felt that my husband might not ap ap- ap prove I discontinued ed the tho massage treatment treatment treat treat- ment mont before Thanksgiving and again began be be- gan gnu to think about about Christian Science The Tho week before Christmas my ray husband sent lent for a a. practitioner as I was almost in despair Hope and courage revived during my ray first interview and I was assured assured assured as as- that I had hall a right to walk because because be be- cause that was what m my limbs wore were for but I was told not to force myself to do anything but to wait until I knew I could walk and then I would be bo able to todo todo todo do so 80 naturally M My limbs be began an to straighten out and nd on the tho sixth of or January January January Janu Janu- ary while whilo lying on the couch reading rending Science and Health something seemed to sa say to me mo that I could walk valk so I got ot up and did walk the length of the couch and back My little son who w in the tho room shouted to his father in the next room 4 Oh Ob mamma can BO so he came camo in in and wanted me rue meto meto to walk for him which h I did and later that same day for a doubting neighbor In tw two weeks there was marked improvement im mm- mm pro provement in my walking and in in April I could take a car and go anywhere Early in tho the spring of 1006 my mJ little girl was taken very suddenly with so- so nervous For about three weeks she was totally blind and did not try to open her eyes eres or even to raise the tho lids For a as many months her ber knee joints were greatly enlar enlarged ed and there thero was as also nIso serious senous kidney trouble She Sho had Christian treatment and suffered ver very little bein being patient and sweet during dur duro ing jag it all nU and andas was as perfectly healed in seven se months Another case was that of ofa a relative whose hose illness was caused by strong drink The patient had bad eight weeks' weeks treatment from one of ot the best doctors in tho the town who then said there was nothing more moro that could be done ono and that the tho patient could not live livo more than a few days I asked tho the same annie practitioner practitioner to take the case and she did with the result that in three weeks' weeks time timo over every cry trace of the tho disease dif was re reo re- re moved mo I thank God for Mrs Eddy a and ad d for Christian Science MRS IRS J J. B. B MOSSMAN Milwaukee Wis A little more than u n year a ago o owing to a most severe mental struggle lo respecting respecting respecting re re- re- re business s matters matters I Ivas W was vas S actually obliged cd to come como to Christian Science for help from the fact that I had bad tried to find it elsewhere with no success and under existing circumstances help at that time was absolutely necessary Dur Dur- ing lug this trouble Christian Science had runny many times been mentioned as a II panacea panacea pana pana- cea but tho the very ery though of help from such a source was inwardly scorned until until until un un- un- un til as a last resort I said 1 I would try it and see sec what it could do navin Having all m my life Hie been an earnest |