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8 Our North Brazil Mis being under the equator, organized stations, with ; and preaching places. I this Mission have stiffen ports from the workers pcopie to near the Word of difficulties as well as s nambuco, the work dorr other educational feature; selves most heartily in tli Devotional PF O God! my hand is on the ji For nothing grows within un eltner side the sky is bli And passion flowers nod t T know full well thai Before the planting I know that cloud and rain Must be, before the golden But O, sometimes the skies That hearts grow faint be And many and man; Turns into wailing < The handles of the plow are The furrow's narrow; full Let me not falter?let me nc And O my God, keep me I IS CHRISTIAN SCI The so-called philosoi Science are worthless. Ii them philosophical. Th< and other theories crude was not competent to t book is neither philosop low order. Its obscuritiei ers an opportunity for dis their inability to think, book or in the so-called s; is also a misnomer. A sc phical, will see only trasl It is sometimes thoug thing valuable in the b prize it; but it is just sucl leaders of whom the suf succeeded chiefly by its ( competents who would without limit. "Science merit as the book of Mo which are without phile value. Its truths are m thinking person could ut The cures alleged for dence of its truth or wor established, and the beli lusion. W Inle belief in on position have some effect great. It is no specific physicians believe in slig in their practice. Chrisi THE PRESBYTERIAN sion is not so very far from It consists of five regularly \ large number of out-stations Some of our missionaries in ?tl sore persecution. The re4.^11 i-i- ? " icn ui me reaainess ot me , of flourishing churches, and uccesses. The school at Pere in theological training and s of the work commend thcmeir spirit and success. I I I " I and Selections :ayer. low and 1 am weary, the furrow that I tread; ie; o'er me 'tis dreary it me and bow their head, t plowing must be done or the gathering, as well as summer sun; i grain is gathered in,? are gray so long, so long! ? fore they turn to blue; r a glad spring song }'er the winter's thro, stained with tears and sweat: of thorns and weeks the track, >t forget,? pray, from turning back! J. R. M. ence all humbug? >hical teachings of Christian n fact, it is a misnomer to call ey are a mixture of idealism ly apprehended. Mrs. Eddy hink on such subjects. Her hy nor literature, even of a s, however, give shallow readcussion which is promoted by There is no science in the ystem, and the term "science" ientific person, like a philosoi in it. ht that there must be someook, or so many would not i writings that attract shallow >ply is inexhaustible. It has lemerits. The capacity for inbe thinkers to be fooled is and Health" has the same rmon and the Koran, both of sophic, scientific, or literary erely truisms which any unter. Christian Science arc no evith. None of them have been ef in them is a familiar dele's health and a cheerful dis on the system, it is not very for disease in general. All ht influences of this kind, and tian Science has no value in OF THE SOUTH. this respect which is new. It was ever effected by it. Phis is obvious to those win evidence. While many get w< after other methods of "curimr the treatment wrought the cur urally. It is only necessary With time diseases disappear, hundred times, he dies only o nine times that he gets well h< the treatment, whether by pal Science, or relics of the saints given at all, he would get well, cures one when sick, and the and other remedies gives rise t easy to get testimonials for whether by medicine, diet, or common and all are substanti way. The Christian Scientists are tion to prove cures. It is one there is no sickness, and so t any. The disease is imaginary be alleged of the cure. It is 01 tions of this cult. The testimony of Christian S worthless for the reason that no sickness and try to believe what one's condition. Whei whether true or not, no weight testimony. They must report true to their principles. Veopl one was well after treatment w was never anything else but w fore, of Christian Scientists t destructive. The substance of ed sick, but was not, was aft< . -? - n\.i v. iiu i.ui c, Mill <11 IIIUSl il ICC which existed before he took t 1 low worthless the evidenc cures is, can be inferred from i religion claims similar cures, mons, and various heathen d< cures as Christian Scientists. ; cine men and quack doctors. ] rant people allege still more fr foot or a potato dug in the i Christian Science, and has as witnesses to its good effects. 1 would be worth more if not p 1 -11 * ? f ? uy an Kinas 01 crude enthusia of it for cures which we knownot give much weight to any. No cures by such means hi that they can be believed by it evidence. They have all been jected to scientific scrutiny, the Christian Science cures ar no weight in a court of justice all be discredited by cross-ex?, local evidenro r?f a sinirb Many "healers" arc interest their cures and so in providing electric doctor, hot-water do **?% 4 November 3, 1909. is doubtful if one cure > are accustomed to sift ?11 after "treatment," as it does not follow that c. People get well natto give them a chance. While one gets sick a nee; and in the ninetye would do so whatever tent medicine, Christian If no treatment were It is hard to tell what uncertainty of medical o fake treatments. It is any kind of treatment, exercise. Cure-alls are ated in about the same not in a mental condiof their principles that here can be no cure of , and nothing more can te of the silly contradic cientists to cures is also they must say there is there is none, no matter 1 they must say this, can be attached to their what is false if they are e can easily testify that hen they believe.that he ell. The evidence, thereo their "cures" is selfit is that one Who seem?rwards well. There is ognition of one's health. he treatment c of Christian Science the fact that every false The Dowieites, Mor:votees report as many as do also patent medi\Tegroes and other ignoom charms. A rabbit's dark cures as many as many and as intelligent The evidence for "cures" ushed to such extremes tsts. There is so much to be false that wc can* ue been established so icn capable of weighing found false when subThc evidence by which e "proven" would have . The witnesses would imination. There is no cd in getting relief for evidence for them. 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