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ARTICLES AND
OTHER ITEMS
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Above
and
Beyond
". . . The dawn of Christian
Science arises, dispelling the
dark shadows and revealing a
consciousness that is above and
beyond the power of evil to
disturb . . ." B. F. West,
1919
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The
Absolute and the
Relative
"It is of the utmost importance
in the study of the Bible and the
Christian Science textbook,
'Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures' by Mrs. Eddy,
that clear distinction be made
between those statements which
are absolute in their meaning,
which express the spiritual fact,
and those which are relative,
which express the human sense,
the material point of view."
Judge Septimus J. Hanna,
1911
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The
Abundant
Life
"To any man who comes under the
sway of the Spirit there is
thrown open the door to endless
possibilities." Forrest E. Rohl,
1940
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According
to Our
Faith
"Because we gain quickly a
certain intellectual grasp of the
letter of Christian Science, we
are tempted to call this
spiritual understanding. Using
this letter, even though with
commendable zeal, we may find our
efforts failing to bring the
healing we so long to have
manifested." Ella W. Hoag,
1925
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Accuracy
"Recently I climbed up to the
wireless station on the outskirts
of our city, and upon entering
the little room where the
operator was receiving and
sending messages, my eyes fell
upon a sign over his desk,
printed in large red letters
which read, 'Accuracy First.'"
Lena Cobb Gunnison,
1918
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Acknowledging
God
"The
acknowledgment of God as supreme
is most important because it is
always the very first and
simplest step by which we turn
from matter to Spirit, from error
to Truth, from chaos to
Principle." The Christian
Science Monitor,
1919
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Affirmation
and
Denial
"Everyone knows how unmistakably
real to his dream-sense of
identity both that identity and
the events of the dream are."
Ruth Ingraham, 1919
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Affirmations
of
Truth
"Christian Science teaches the
sick man the truth about God and
about himself as the son of God."
Willard J. Welch, 1919
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Agreement
and
Difference
"One earnest thinker, himself a
clergyman, has this to say:
'Among all the creeds of
Christendom the only one which
has the authority of Christ
himself is the Sermon on the
Mount. When one reads the Creed
which was given by Jesus, and the
Creeds which have been made by
Christians, he cannot fail to
detect an immense difference. . .
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1918
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The
Alert
Sentinel
"A soldier on guard at a
particular place has the definite
responsibility of challenging
with his 'Who goes there?' every
person who comes, allowing
to pass those who have the right
of way, evidenced by their giving
the password, and checking or
resisting those who have no right
to pass, or giving the alarm to
the whole garrison in case of an
attack." William P. McKenzie,
1917
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All
Things
New
"It is surely glorious, beyond
the possibility of words to tell,
that each one has the opportunity
and privilege of demonstrating
continually, with ever increasing
ability and power, this newness
of life in Christ, which shall
show forth the 'new man,' which
Paul tells us is 'renewed in
knowledge after the image of him
that created him.'" Ella W. Hoag,
1923
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"And
it was
so"
"I saw distinctly that if
everything God made was good, it
was perfect then, it is so now,
and it will be so forever because
God is the same yesterday, today,
and forever, and because 'he
commanded, and it stood fast.'"
Edith Maude Ellis,
1918
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Angel
Guidance
"We know that our beloved Leader,
Mrs. Eddy, early heard the voice
of the Lord, and that as years
went by she faithfully obeyed the
'spiritual intuitions,' going
ever forward in the understanding
of spiritual things until the
discovery of this new-old truth
was made." Edith M. Shank,
1925
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Angels
and
Protection
"It was my custom when walking
along the street to ponder the
ninety-first psalm, and on this
particular day the passage, 'He
shall give his angels charge over
thee, to keep thee in all thy
ways,' seemed to have a special
meaning for me, . . ." Mary Alice
McDonald, 1919
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Answers
to
Critics
"Christian Science must be
judged, not by what its critics
say against it, but by what it
really is and what it is
accomplishing."
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Apocalypse
(poem) "Oh, watch with me this
growing dawn / And see God's day
begin, / The glory of
eternal 'now,' / The end of death
and sin!" Ruth Ingraham,
1917
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Apprehending
Spiritual
Ideas
"'How much more should we seek to
apprehend the spiritual ideas of
God, than to dwell on the objects
of sense! To discern the rhythm
of Spirit and to be holy, thought
must be purely spiritual.'" Ella
W. Hoag, 1928
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The
Ark
"In his second epistle St. Peter
tells us of the coming of this
second deluge, that of fire; but
with calm confidence he also
tells of the protection of those
who love and obey God, declaring
that 'the Lord is not slack
concerning his promise.'" Annie
M. Knott, 1917
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The
Ark of
God
". . . Evil, having no basis in
God, is unreal; and, therefore,
the belief of evil is
self-destructive. It is, then,
the self-destruction of evil that
is evidenced in the calamity
depicted in the story of Noah and
the ark." M. Pauline Siedoff,
1924
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"Armor
on"
"In the epistle to the Romans
Paul gives this sage counsel:
'Let us put on the armour of
light.'" Annie M. Knott,
1918
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"As
an eagle stirreth up her
nest"
"The observant may learn many
useful lessons from nature, and
the Bible abounds with similes
and metaphors taken from the
daily lives of plants and
animals." Inez Koch,
1924
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"Ask,
and it shall be given
you"
"In the Sermon on the Mount,
Jesus not only said, 'Seek, and
ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you,' but
also, 'Ask, and it shall be given
you.'" John Ellis Sedman,
1924
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The
Atmosphere of
Spirit
"There were no fogs, or storms,
or even darkness in John's vision
of the holy city. In his
description of this heavenly
dwelling place he uses symbols
that express only purity,
transparency, reflection, and
light." The Christian Science
Monitor, 1919
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Attaining
Joy
". . . Do not be discouraged,
even though the path for the time
being is very steep, and the way
dark, and many errors rise up at
the beginning of your career to
be destroyed and wiped out of
consciousness, . . ." Emma Harris
Jamison, 1902
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Baptism
"Can Christians have 'two'
baptisms when Paul says, There is
one baptism? (Ephesians, 4: 5.)"
E. C, 1898
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"The
beauty of
holiness"
"Although the greater portion of
mankind has desired beauty, it
has been very generally held as
something that is personal and
material. It is therefore
scarcely strange that in
consequence these standards have
been varied and variable, and
every effort to gain beauty
permanently therefrom has
resulted in disappointment and
failure." Ella W. Hoag,
1924
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The
Beginner in Christian
Science
"The clinging to theories which
are the opposite of Christian
Science teaching will not forward
one in its understanding, for it
is evident that the incorrectness
of material beliefs must be seen,
to gain a scientific knowledge of
spiritual truth." Samuel
Greenwood, 1904
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Being
Honest with
God
"Because that which we call God
cannot be seen with the eye or
touched with the hand, and is in
no way materially recognizable,
mankind as a rule have come to
think of Him as altogether
without the range of earthly
experience. For this reason He
does not seem to them to be as
real and appreciable as their
fellow men with whom they
associate . . ." Samuel
Greenwood, 1912
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Believing
the Bible
Messages
"The most clear and evident way
for seeking after God is to
investigate and understand that
Science whereby God's healing
power is being proven in the
world." William P. McKenzie,
1918
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Believing
the
Word
"The study of a recent
Lesson-Sermon has impelled me to
relate my experience, so similar
to the healing of the nobleman's
son, as recorded in the fourth
chapter of John." Lucy D. Ninde,
1920
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Benediction
Not
Malediction
"Through the enlightenment of
Christian Science the world is
gaining a revived understanding
of the exquisite graciousness and
heavenly kindness of 'our Lord
Jesus Christ.'" William P.
McKenzie, 1922
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"Be
ye
thankful"
"No one in the world today
responds to Paul's exhortation,
'Be ye thankful,' more readily
than does he who has experienced
some measure of the marvelous
blessings which accrue to the
beneficiary of Christian
Science." Ella W. Hoag,
1924
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"Be
ye
thankful"
"An elderly woman, whose room for
a season was under the eaves of
an old tumble down building, was
asked what she did the night
before in the storm, when it
rained in upon her bed. With
beaming face she replied, 'Why I
thought, What are a few drops
among so many?' She had learned
the meaning of the saying,
'Gratitude is the bright weather
of the heart.'" M. Ethel
Whitcomb, 1917
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The
Bible
"It would be difficult to say
which has wrought the greater
harm in this respect, the
opinions of those who have
contended for the literal
interpretation of Scripture which
pictures the Almighty as a
vengeful tyrant, or the
utterances of those who have
denied the authority and
correctness of the Bible at
almost every point." Annie M.
Knott, 1905
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The
Bible and
Healing
"As we read in the book of Acts
and in Paul's epistles we find
rest in the sweet naturalness of
his entire experience; and even
when we read of the trials and
tribulations which he encountered
along the way, we also find the
assurance that he counted these
things as nothing so that he
might 'win Christ, and be found
in him.'" Annie M. Knott,
1919
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Binding
up the
Broken-hearted
"'If we would open their prison
doors for the sick, we must first
learn to bind up the
broken-hearted.' Thus writes Mrs.
Eddy on page 366 of 'Science and
Health with Key to the
Scriptures.'" Ella W. Hoag,
1927
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Biography
-- True and
False
"As exemplars of true idealism,
of selflessness, of courage and
high emprise, the lives of
illustrious men and women may
teach many valuable lessons, for
throughout the ages the
spiritually illumined have been
God's true witnesses; . . ."
Albert F. Gilmore,
1927
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Blasphemy
"To know whether or not we are
transgressing Good, we must know
what Good is. It is evident that
we cannot rest the question of
what it is on mere speculation,
supposition or hypothesis." Judge
Septimus J. Hanna,
1894
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"Blessed
are they that
mourn."
"Once when a sense of sadness
knocked loudly at the door, there
came also the query, What could
Jesus have thought was 'blessed'
about mourning?" Elizabeth Earl
Jones, 1909
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The
Blood of
Christ
"Christian Scientists know that
they must be cleansed and
quickened by the blood of Christ,
spiritually understood and
applied." Annie M. Knott,
1905
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By
Prayer and
Fasting
"Jesus' reply to his disciples
who asked the reason why they had
not been able to heal the boy
pronounced by his father to be
lunatic, as recorded in Matthew's
Gospel, contains an important
message to those who practice
spiritual healing." Albert F.
Gilmore, 1927
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Calvary
"Few would deny that the
question, 'Was Calvary a defeat
or a victory?' is indeed a
fundamental one, and each
individual must answer it in the
light of his own experience
before he can determine how much
of a Christian he is." Annie M.
Knott, 1906
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Cause
and
Effect
"What impressed me in this
occurrence was the fact that the
accident was detected as a
condition in human thought before
it had a physical expression, and
that a period of time intervened
between the mental disturbance
and its physical manifestation."
Bliss Knapp, 1918
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Changing
Our
Standpoint
"Many a prayer, many an honest
struggle, many a deep experience
often appears to be needed before
one learns the lesson of
approaching all Christian Science
demonstration from the
unchangeable standpoint of Spirit
and spirituality." Ella W. Hoag,
1925
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Charity
"Peter looked deeper than the
mere surface of things; he saw
and destroyed the false mental
cause, and the man was instantly
freed from his physical infirmity
as a necessary consequence." M.
G. Kains, 1913
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The
Child and the
Teacher
"What a blessed spot is a
Christian Science Sunday School!
Here the child and the teacher,
in heaven-born gladness, meet to
hear, to see, to understand the
living presence of the Christ."
M. Ethel Whitcomb,
1924
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Children
"The care of young children
should always be approached from
the standpoint that it is a holy
work." Ella W. Hoag,
1919
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"Children
of the
Resurrection"
"In the brief period between the
raising of Lazarus by Christ
Jesus and his own crucifixion, he
gave some of his most vital
teachings, the truth of which had
already been proved in his mighty
works." Annie M. Knott,
1911
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Christianity
and the
Commonwealth
"In all times thinkers have
agreed that the commonwealth is
the highest ideal for a nation,
although there have been widely
differing views in ancient and
modern times as to how this form
of government could be realized."
Annie M. Knott, 1919
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Christian
Ordinances
"While to many Christian people
symbols seem necessary to the
observance of Baptism and the
Eucharist, there comes a time
when outward rite not only fails
to meet the deepest human need,
but when it tends to obscure the
spiritual sense." Annie M. Knott,
1905
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Christian
Roots
"Our laws and our institutions
must necessarily be based upon
the teachings of the Redeemer of
Mankind. It is impossible that it
should be otherwise; and in this
sense and to this extent, our
civilization and our institutions
are emphatically Christian."
US Supreme Court,
1892
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Christian
Science
"Those who are students of
Christian Science are beginning,
in a very humble way as yet, it
is true, but still beginning, to
prove that true Christianity is
scientific, that it is governed
by unvarying laws, irrespective
of person, class, time, or
space." Katherine English,
1919
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Christian
Science
"Christian Science teaches that
by pure and holy living we are to
hasten the end of the world, not
the end of God's creation, but
the end of error, darkness, evil.
All that is opposed to God, all
that obscures the true concept of
His creation, will be consumed by
the 'fervent heat' of divine
Truth." Alfred Farlow,
1904
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Christian
Science is Bringing Heaven to
Earth
"About
seven years ago Mr. Lent wrote a
book entitled 'Being Done Good,'
and included in it a chapter in
which he ridiculed Christian
Science. Since that time he, like
many others, has found that he
was mistaken in his estimate of
the value of this teaching, and
it is his intention, we are
informed, to insert in the
remainder of the present edition
of his book the following
explanation and
correction."
Edward B. Lent, 1910
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Christian
Science Not
Superstition
"To believe in God's immanent
power is one thing, and may be no
better than blind worship; to
prove one's faith through the
destruction of erroneous beliefs
is quite another, lifting
religion and worship out of the
realm of the uncertain and
mysterious into the light of
spiritual understanding, where
superstition plays no part."
Albert F. Gilmore,
1926
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Christian
Science: The Religion of the
Bible
" . . . We boldly proclaim that
there is very plain, very
specific, and very abundant
Scriptural authority for all that
Christian Science claims, and
especially for what it claims
with reference to the possibility
of healing sickness and disease
through the direct agency and
power of Almighty God." Judge
Septimus J. Hanna,
1907
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"Christ
in
you"
"'Christ in you'! What vistas of
spiritual possibilities are
opened up in these words, and
alas that these possibilities
should ever be denied by anyone
who professed to be a follower of
the Master, he who excluded none
that accepted his teachings from
the far-reaching provision, 'The
works that I do shall he do also;
and greater works than these.'"
Annie M. Knott, 1915
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Christ
Jesus
Glorified
"The so-called liberal thought in
religion conceded to Jesus the
place of a great moral teacher,
but this was far from being his
own estimate of himself." Annie
M. Knott, 1913
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Christmas
"Let our sincere striving be to
make the year which is about to
dawn, a continuous Christmas, a
perpetual day of Christ-living,
and thus be the better prepared
to do his work, making ourselves
receptive to His 'working with
us.'" Judge Septimus J. Hanna,
1894
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Cleansing
from Secret
Faults
"The teachings of Christ Jesus
invariably point to the necessity
of gaining freedom from bondage
to sin both in order to manifest
sound health and also to win
salvation." Albert F. Gilmore,
1925
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Cleansing
Processes
"In all religious teaching the
need for purification has been
given much prominence, even if
the appeal did not extend beyond
the ceremonial forms which
symbolized the spiritual demand
for the cleansing of the very
springs of our conscious life."
Annie M. Knott, 1918
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The
Clean
Windowpane
"There is no Christian Scientist
who does not long to become a
perfect 'transparency for Truth,'
who does not work and pray for
that complete purification of
sense and self which shall enable
him to reflect only the glories
of infinite Truth and Love." Ella
W. Hoag, 1920
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Clinging
to
Earth
"Paul declared that the things
seen through material sense, were
'temporal,' and that we should
turn away from them, throw off
the burden imposed by this false
sense, and find the things which
are 'eternal in the heavens.'"
Annie M. Knott, 1913
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Clouds
Dispelled
"Shall we for a moment lose heart
because the war clouds seem very
dark?" Annie M. Knott,
1918
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"Come
and
dine"
"In the twenty-first chapter of
John's gospel is the story of the
appearance of Jesus to some of
his disciples after his
resurrection, a story which is
radiant with the glory of
spiritual understanding." William
B. Harrison, 1925
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The
Coming of
Christ
"In some of the German provinces,
many years ago, a legend was
cherished that each year, to some
home, the home best prepared for
him, the Christ-child would come
on Christmas eve and would sup
with the family and give to its
members the benediction of his
presence." S. F. Swantees,
1912
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Compassionate
Love
"'Love thy neighbor as thyself'
is Jesus' command, and if this is
not exercised in a higher degree
of compassion than a world of
sense can conceive of, how can we
hope or expect that the world can
regard Christian Science as a
higher order of Christianity?" J.
P. Filbert, 1891
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Confidence
"While I had been what one might
call a lukewarm student of
'Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures' up to my leaving
Canada, I was very much awakened
out of my dream and saw that I
had to put forth a great deal of
honest mental effort." Harold D.
Colter, 1919
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Confidence
"Christian Scientists can best
show their love to our Leader by
following in her footsteps
courageously, confidently,
patiently, obediently; joyously
pressing on, neither too fast nor
too slow, but guided by Wisdom,
keeping the commandments, for
this is the only proof of love
that abides." Martha Harris
Bogue, 1903
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Consciousness
"The attainment of this spiritual
consciousness requires constant
watchfulness, unceasing prayer,
and an earnest striving against
material selfhood, which asserts
itself in forms so subtle as to
subvert the honest purpose of
many a sincere and earnest
heart." Ada Beers Foster,
1900
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Consecration
"Continuous devotion to God is
the highway to spiritual
attainment." Albert F. Gilmore,
1925
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Consecration
and
Protection
"In
the Old Testament the
ninety-first psalm stands out
with great distinctness; and as
we read it, we almost wonder at
the marvelous understanding of
spiritual law disclosed in all
its
statements."
Annie M. Knott, 1918
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Conservatism
and
Progress
"Christ Jesus saw in prophetic
vision a time of great
tribulation coming like a snare
upon the whole earth, and
compared it to the days of Noah,
when all flesh was corrupt, but
the ark, with all inside it, was
borne upon the flood, till it
rested safely on the highest
mountains." Helen W. Bannon,
1917
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The
Constant Remembrance of
God
"One of our earliest lessons in
Christian Science is that the
woes of men are the result of
forgetting God. (Psalm 9:17.)"
Samuel Greenwood, 1904
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Contagion
"This evil, which the growing
understanding of Truth in the
world has been steadily forcing
to the surface, is today engaged
in a tremendous struggle for
existence. It throws into the
fight all its so-called
resources." The Christian
Science Monitor,
1918
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The
Contrite
Heart
"So long as mortals are content
with the things of the flesh,
they will not seek the things of
Spirit. Satisfied with matter and
its deceptive allurements, they
will not reach out for Spirit and
spiritual bliss. They must begin
to awaken to the
unsatisfactoriness of a
supposititious existence in
matter apart from God, Spirit,
before they will seek for
something higher and better."
Ella W. Hoag, 1925
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Courage
"There is, perhaps, no quality
more necessary to successful
endeavor than courage." Ella W.
Hoag, 1924
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"A
covert from storm and from
rain"
"It often happens that in taking
up a new proposition in
mathematics a student working
faithfully to master and apply
the rules laid down will find
himself able to obtain the
correct answer to the problems
long before he really understands
the basic law which the rules
illustrate." Bernice W. Carter,
1918
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The
Crown of the
Year
"In his earlier experiences the
student of Christian Science is
largely grateful for relief from
suffering, and then he becomes
conscious that deeper gratitude
is due for the truth which
brought him freedom, that knowing
of the divine nature which Jesus
said 'is life eternal.'" Annie M.
Knott, 1913
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Daily
Bread
"It will not do for us to absorb
love merely; we must reflect it,
and thus we shall find that our
affections are no longer
famished, but fed. We shall also
find that when this our greatest
need is met, all the lesser needs
will one by one be supplied."
Annie M. Knott, 1915
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Daily
Overcoming
"The bugle-call to spiritual
advancement, from Genesis to
Revelation, is overcoming."
Norfleete Platt, 1927
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"Day
of
Judgment"
"This will indeed be that
'perfect day of understanding'
referred to at page 387, Science
and Health no longer to be
feared, but welcomed in
accordance with Jesus' words:
'And when these things begin to
come to pass, then look up, and
lift up your heads; for your
redemption draweth nigh' (Luke,
21:28)." Lieutenant-Colonel
George V. Hamilton,
1900
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The
Day of the
Lord
"The day of the Lord is the day
of Life, aye, 'life
eternal,' the day in which
God is known." Sue Harper Mims,
1911
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A
Day's
Journey
"A modern hymn writer gives a
higher tone to hope when she
speaks of each stage of our
earthly journey as 'a day's march
nearer home;' and it is surely
well to learn how we can make
every day count for so much that
there will be no sorrowful
retracing of steps and no barren
regrets for wasted
opportunities." Annie M. Knott,
1918
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The
Decalogue and Sermon on the
Mount
"The Mosaic Decalogue has lost
none of its significance by lapse
of time. It means as much today
as it ever meant." Judge Septimus
J. Hanna, 1899
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Demarcation
"The word demarcation as used in
Science and Health is of the
deepest significance, and the
idea which it embodies cannot be
too often pondered and applied in
the working out of our human
problems." Annie M. Knott,
1915
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Demonstrating
Love
"We all love to talk about Love.
We love to talk of how this Love
may be expressed in various
fashion. It is, however, of yet
more consequence so to live love
that the sick are instantaneously
healed thereby." Ella W. Hoag,
1926
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Demonstration
"It is the truth the words stand
for which is the power, and it
takes more than a mere repetition
of words to bring their substance
into realization." Ella W. Hoag,
1919
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Demonstration
"Let us see if the Bible lays
stress on the necessity of
demonstration or proof. St. Paul
says, 'And my speech and my
preaching was not with enticing
words of man's wisdom, but in
demonstration of the spirit and
of power.'" Charles D. Woods,
1902
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Development
". . . We are told on page 233 of
our textbook, 'Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures' by
Mary Baker Eddy, that 'progress
is the law of God,' and the Bible
and our textbook constantly teach
us the possibility of spiritual
development." Charles V. Winn,
1922
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Differing
Viewpoints
"Before deciding that a
brothers statement of
Science is faulty, would it not
be well always to seek from the
Bible and Science and Health a
clearer view of the question
involved, remembering that the
real issue is often obscured by
the poor medium of human
language." Annie M. Knott,
1915
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Discipline
vs.
Suffering
"Our desire should always be to
get rid of all that is unlike
God, and to realize more fully at
each step of the way man's
likeness to God, infinite Mind.
With this desire held constantly
in thought, we rise above the
weakening and depressing sense of
suffering and welcome the
discipline which purifies
character." Annie M. Knott,
1910
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Distribution
"A number of years ago Mrs. Eddy
was asked by a student in one of
her classes to what extent
Christian Scientists should
endeavor to bring this healing
truth to the notice of the public
by printed articles." Annie M.
Knott, 1918
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Divine
Guidance
"Unerring guidance must always
come from above the erring human
mind, as the following incident
will show." Grace A. Williams,
1913
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The
Divine
Idea
"Those unacquainted with
Christian Science are sometimes
at a loss to grasp the meaning of
such phrases as 'the divine idea'
and 'the Christ-idea.'" Annie M.
Knott, 1917
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The
Divine
Likeness
"The belief that the human body
is the divine likeness receives a
strong rebuke in that wonderful
passage in the eighth chapter of
Romans where Paul says that
Christ Jesus came 'in the
likeness of sinful flesh,' a
statement which nullifies the
argument that Christ Jesus as
seen by mortals was the likeness
of God." Annie M. Knott,
1908
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Divine
Metaphysics
". . . Christian Science, that
is, divine metaphysics, deals
wholly with divine Mind and its
spiritual ideas, which constitute
the only true universe. Its laws
are the laws of God; its
substance is Spirit; and it
relates not at all to the beliefs
of a material universe." Albert
F. Gilmore, 1923
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The
Divine Order of Christian
Science
"This prophetic child of God was
sent to the 'lost sheep of the
house of Israel.' Lost, because
they claimed Abraham as their
father and the law of Moses as
their guide, while they, in their
blind beliefs of life and manhood
in the flesh, knew not the faith
of Abraham; neither did they keep
the spiritual law of Moses." Ira
O. Knapp, 1902
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The
Divine Remedy Metaphysical Not
Physical
"As we see a seeming increase in
epidemics, and a growing
ascendency of material methods
for relief and prevention
invading every avenue of human
experience, we are led to ponder
deeply these things. Is not our
God 'a God at hand'?" Sue Harper
Mims, 1910
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Divine
Revelation
"We can rightly claim to be
followers of Christ Jesus, or
true believers in the oneness of
God, only as we consistently and
constantly strive to rise above
the degrading bondage of sin and
of slavery to the physical body,
as we prove to ourselves
and to the world that we are
indeed the children of God by our
likeness to the Father." Annie M.
Knott, 1905
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Divine
Theology
". . . As Christian Scientists
let us all protect, adhere to,
love, and revere that holy
theology which is part and parcel
of God's own Science, which
includes the understanding of
Christ's Christianity, and which
is absolutely necessary to the
scientific healing of the sick
and the sinner." Ella W. Hoag,
1924
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Doing
Our
Best
"It is a confession of
half-heartedness, in seeking the
kingdom of God, that we are so
easily satisfied with being and
doing less than our best." Samuel
Greenwood, 1913
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Dominion
"When Truth dawns upon
consciousness we are awakened to
see what slaves we have been to
matter, laws of hygiene, etc.;
and we begin to learn that we can
break every physical law, if we
obey God's laws, and live in
accordance with divine
Principle." Jennie B. Baird,
1894
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Dominion
"The place where each one must
exercise dominion is in his own
thinking. It is there his battles
with evil must always be fought;
there all his victories must be
won." Ella W. Hoag,
1919
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Dominion
and Power of
Spirit
"The choice before a man becomes
simple when he is asked who or
what shall have dominion over
him. Will he allow carnality to
be enthroned and his life
enslaved? Or will he have
spirituality enthroned and enjoy
'the glorious liberty of the
children of God'?" William P.
McKenzie, 1919
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Dream
and the
Awakening
"Who has not had the experience
of realizing, in the midst of a
disturbing dream, that it was,
indeed, 'only a dream,' and would
pass away when he awakened from
sleep." Charles C. Sandelin,
1919
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Earth's
Atmosphere
"Physicists may tell us of
impending or bygone atmospheric
disturbances, but never attempt
to trace their relation to mental
conditions, though the Bible
states plainly that drought and
other undesirable manifestations
accompany or follow disobedience
to divine law; whereas obedience
thereto, which includes right
dealing between men and nations,
would result in harmony." Annie
M. Knott, 1916
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Easter
"Christian Science has
revolutionized the meaning of
resurrection, as it has so many
other teachings of the
Scriptures, by restoring them to
their original meanings, the
meanings they had before
scholasticism entered to confuse
and weaken Biblical authority."
Albert F. Gilmore,
1928
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Easter
"On that morning of the long ago,
when the women at the sepulcher
were met by the angel who told
them that Jesus had risen from
the dead, it is little likely
they had even a faint concept of
what that wonderful event was to
mean for all mankind." Ella W.
Hoag, 1923
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Easter
(poem) "Amidst the gloom of doubt
and fear, / The light of Truth is
breaking; / And loving duty
leading on, / There comes a grand
awaking." Frank Walter Gale,
1895
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A
Letter to Mrs.
Eddy
"In years gone by I have been
asked, 'Did Mrs. Eddy really
write Science and Health? Some
say she did not.' My answer has
invariably been, 'Send those who
say she did not to me. I heard
her talk it before it was ever
written. I read it in manuscript
before it was ever printed.'"
Samuel P. Bancroft,
1906
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A
Letter to Mrs.
Eddy
"Some four years ago a certain
New York city newspaper was
making a bitter attack upon you,
and I took a fiendish delight in
blue penciling the articles and
sending my paper away after half
reading it." Ralph R. Chapman,
1909
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A
Letter to Mrs.
Eddy
"When will the world know what
you are to this generation? I
often think of the efforts made
by the disciples to have it
understood what their Master was.
History is repeating itself."
Lida W. Fitzpatrick,
1905
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Letters
to Mary Baker
Eddy
"I saw the young man, Mr.
Tillett, at his home, as one
dead; it was like a vision, if I
may use that word. I took up the
thought in my sleep, there is no
death, Life is eternal, and then
very quickly I saw him in perfect
health."
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Reminiscences
of Mrs. Eddy's
Classroom
"Mortal life is appalling, seen
beside the real. It is
artificial, vapid, and
evanescent, like some delusive
chapter of fiction. We awoke, and
lo, our past life was but a
dream! All its pleasures had but
delayed the dawn of eternal
harmonies."
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Mary
Baker Eddy's
Crown
"To attest their love and
veneration for Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy, the founder of Christian
Science, a society of Christian
Scientists of this city sent her
a gift or token of remembrance in
the shape of a crown containing
forty-six pearls and twelve
diamonds."
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Mrs.
Eddy's
Place
"In 1943, the Christian Science
Board of Directors published a
position-statement based on the
report of a six-member committee
of editors and former editors of
the Christian Science periodicals
appointed by the Directors in
April, 1938, 'to discover just
what Mrs. Eddy believed
concerning herself with respect
to Scriptural
prophecy.'"
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Extract
from a Letter on Mrs. Eddy's
Place
"Indeed, the evidence concerning
Mrs. Eddy's place is absolutely
conclusive to the spiritually
minded; but to 'the natural man,'
described by Paul in I Cor. 2:14,
they may seem foolish." Bliss
Knapp, 1956
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Mary
Baker Eddy's Views on Peace and
War
". . . Although she was
strongly in favor of conciliation
and arbitration, she did not
counsel neutrality or pacifism
when the safety and honor of her
country demanded strength and
firmness." Rev. Irving C.
Tomlinson
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The
Effect of God's
Government
"To believe that any false belief
can cause suffering, even in the
least degree, to any of God's
ideas, is having other gods, or
breaking the First Commandment."
Minnie Gardner, 1923
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The
End of
Error
"A perfect parallel to our
Leader's prediction of the end of
error is found in the teachings
of the Master. The parable of the
sower conveys the same message."
Albert F. Gilmore,
1928
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Endurance
"To some 'the end' means death,
with a promise of better things
beyond the grave, but to the
Christian Scientist it means the
end of the opposing error, that
which denies the omnipotence of
divine Love, whatever be the
issue involved. To God and His
idea there can be no end." Annie
M. Knott, 1916
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Enduring
to the
End
"Every worker should be
encouraged to continue unto the
end in his work. When Elisha's
life work was nearly done, the
king of Israel came to visit him,
and well did he apostrophize the
prophet as 'the chariot of
Israel, and the horsemen
thereof,' for Elisha's sense of
Principle had been the great
protection to the kingdom."
William P. McKenzie,
1918
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Enlarged
Patriotism
"Here in America, while we
rejoice that a large measure of
freedom lays deep and sure the
foundations of patriotism, we
should remember that the redeemed
are from 'all nations, and
kindreds, and people, and
tongues,' coming up indeed out of
great tribulation, but being
purified and made thereby fit for
the service of God and humanity."
Annie M. Knott, 1916
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Environment,
On the Overcoming
of
"Awakening to the truth about God
and man, and to man's
indissoluble relation with God,
bringing into realization the
facts of being, will destroy all
sense of limitation, all belief
in unfavorable environment . . ."
Albert F. Gilmore,
1928
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Errors
of
Temperament
"The understanding gained from
Christian Science, that the evils
commonly associated with the
human temperament, such as anger,
jealousy, resentment, hate, etc.,
were never created by God, and
have no place in the true idea of
man, includes the ability to
resist their asserted control,
and eventually erase them from
consciousness." Samuel Greenwood,
1907
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"Escape
to the
mountain"
"As human thinking is freed from
false beliefs, it is lifted out
of unreality into reality, out of
the atmosphere of discord into
that of harmony, out of error
into Truth, out of matter into
Spirit, out of ill will, envy,
jealousy, and hatred into the
love that seeketh not its own.
This is the way that leadeth from
sense to Soul." Elfriede
Linde-Ebbinghaus, 1925
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Eternal
Life
"The trouble is that humanity has
too long judged itself unworthy
of eternal life as Christ Jesus
presented the idea, and has
chosen rather a mutilated
counterfeit of it, one in which
death is given a prominent part."
Annie M. Knott, 1915
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The
Even
Balance
"The even balance figuratively
implies that spiritual equipoise
which keeps the individual as it
were in the middle of the scales
of understanding and
demonstration . . ." Judge
Septimus J. Hanna,
1916
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"Everlasting
Gospel"
"It is also well to remember that
our real selfhood, God's idea,
cannot suffer, and that our
effort must be to 'put off' the
false belief in a material
selfhood unlike God, that it may
be said of us also, 'Here are
they that keep the commandments
of God, and the faith of Jesus.'"
Annie M. Knott, 1912
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"Everlasting
punishment"
"Christ Jesus said on one
occasion, 'Ye will not come to
me, that ye might have life,' and
the failure to do so is followed
by suffering and disappointment
until the lesson is learned that
when we come to God through the
understanding of His Christ,
there is for us no longer either
sin or suffering." Annie M.
Knott, 1916
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The
Ever-operative Law of
God
"All the rules of Christian
Science are based on the divine
law which Jesus utilized
the law of perfect cause and
perfect effect, perfect Mind and
perfect idea, spiritual substance
and spiritual manifestation."
Marie K. Larkin, 1954
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Ever
Present
Love
". . . Love is the constant
companion of every idea and is
forever maintaining each idea in
its proper course and in its
right activity." Louise B. Snow,
1920
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Every
Man Speaking the Truth to His
Neighbor
"If every Christian Scientist on
earth should unite for one week
in the solemn and sublime purpose
to live and act and speak only
from the true basis of being,
would it not make such a rift in
the clouds of materialism that a
very splendor of light and life
and health and harmony would flow
into consciousness?" Sue Harper
Mims, 1910
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Evil
"The Scriptures declare that God
is too pure to behold iniquity.
Can it be that He is too pure to
behold things of His own making?
If He is the author of evil, He
surely must behold it. If evil is
nonentity, the question as to why
God does not behold it is a very
simple one." Judge Septimus J.
Hanna, 1892
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Evil
Suggestions Not
Transferable
". . . The only influence which
suggestion can exercise over our
thoughts or acts is the power
which we seem to bestow upon it,
that is, through the strength of
our belief." Albert F. Gilmore,
1927
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Evil
Without
Origin
"In the Revelation of St. John,
evil is depicted as that which
deceiveth the whole world and
which hath but a short
time."
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Exact
Expression of
Truth
"Mrs. Eddy did not find it easy,
as she frankly admits, to express
metaphysics in physical terms,
but she gave the world an
exposition of Scriptural truth
that has no equal; and there is
no religious literature which
excels in high spiritual teaching
and power that which is the
outcome of her prophetic insight
and foresight."
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Exaltation
"We cannot too highly exalt our
heavenly Father or too clearly
realize the greatness of His
reflection, the perfect man, all
the while remembering the divine
requirement 'to do justly, and to
love mercy, and to walk humbly
with thy God.'" Annie M. Knott,
1916
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Expansion
"If the chick were willing and
content in cultivated submission
to stay within its narrow limits,
it would thereby withhold from
itself a broader and wider sphere
of life. But the struggle within
its narrow sphere gives it a
vigor and growth which enables it
to burst its limitations, and
attain a greater sphere of
activity and freedom." Kate
Swope, 1900
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Expectation
"All through the gospels we read
that Jesus expected nothing less
than positive results from his
understanding of the healing and
purifying law of God, good." L.
Emmett Sherred, 1918
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Faith
and
Unfaith
"Knowing the falsity of all
belief which rests upon material
objects or the carnal mind,
Christ Jesus said to his
disciples, with the sublime
confidence of spiritual
understanding, 'Have faith in
God.'" Annie M. Knott,
1916
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Faith
Not
Credulity
"It is not only interesting but
helpful to observe how we
ourselves and others are disposed
to be stupidly credulous or as
stupidly incredulous when we
ought to test by reason and
revelation whatever is presented
as a new idea." Annie M. Knott,
1915
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Faith
versus
Fear
"It is quite impossible to
entertain at the same time such
opposites as faith in evil and
faith in good. Faith in evil may
be said to be but another name
for fear, so inevitably are they
allied; while faith in good must
be fear's annihilator." Ella W.
Hoag, 1928
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False
Teaching
"It is more unfortunate that any
who were personally taught by
Mary Baker Eddy, and whose
opportunities for acquiring a
true knowledge of her teaching
were of the very best, should
become prime movers in the kind
of teaching and preaching we are
considering." Judge Septimus J.
Hanna, 1896
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Family
Ties
"In the epistle to the Ephesians
we read of 'the whole family in
heaven and earth,' a thought so
comprehensive as to make one
pause and compare it with the
ordinary concept of family ties."
Annie M. Knott, 1914
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Fatherhood
and
Motherhood
"Those unacquainted with Mrs.
Eddys teachings are
sometimes puzzled, if not
disturbed, because of her
distinct teaching that God should
be regarded not only as Father
but also as Mother; yet the
Scriptures distinctly present the
quality of motherhood as an
essential element of the divine
nature." Annie M. Knott,
1916
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The
Father's
Voice
"The material sense of man and
the universe must give place to
the spiritual, and in view of
this we may well address to
ourselves Peter's question: 'What
manner of persons ought ye to be
in all holy conversation and
godliness?'" Annie M. Knott,
1913
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"Fear
not!"
"In Christian Science there is
indeed found the way out of all
fear, for this blessed revelation
explains perfectly Jesus' method,
whereby he triumphed over all
evil." Ella W. Hoag,
1924
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Fear
Overcome
"A famous writer says that fear
'is the attraction of mortals to
earthiest earth.' Heroism must
then result from the attraction
of humanity to the spiritual, the
pure, and the true, for these are
the victors in every struggle,
and they whisper evermore 'Fear
not.'" Annie M. Knott,
1913
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The
Fiery Path to
Freedom
"In reading the account of the
three Hebrew captives the
impression generally received
seems to be that nothing about
them was touched by the fire.
There was one thing, however,
upon which the fire did seem to
have some effect." James J. Rome,
1906
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Filling
Our Own
Niche
"How different would have been
the result if Joshua had desired
to take the place of Moses,
because mortal sense said he
occupied a higher and less
dangerous position." Willis F.
Gross, 1893
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The
Final
Revelation
"Some have thought this 'man
child' referred to Jesus, and
that his mother must be Mary, the
mother of Jesus. But Jesus could
not foretell his own birth; and
the 'man child' was described to
John at least sixty years after
Jesus crucifixion." Bliss
Knapp, 1938
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Finding
One's
Self
"When one gives up the false
belief that he is both material
and spiritual, and that he has a
mind separate from God, he is
ready to know his own true being
with all its divinely bestowed
capacities to be and to do."
Annie M. Knott, 1915
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A
Firm
Stand
"In our individual experiences
today we may find that we have to
walk right up and face the evil
which has seemed to us to be
ferocious. When we realize the
truth, however, that the only
power this seeming evil has is
the power we give it through
fearing it, then we can approach
it and prove for ourselves its
nothingness." D. Allyn Garber,
1919
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Forgiveness
"To the burdened heart longing to
be rid of sin, tied down as it
has been through false education,
not only to the belief in the
reality of sin but also to the
fear of it, Christian Science
comes with its glad offer of
redemption and lifts one to an
immediate sense of hope, which
the schools have never given."
Ella W. Hoag, 1919
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"For
Which Works Do Ye Stone
Me?"
"The carnal mind was enraged
because of the truth which
declared that the flesh profiteth
nothing. Enraged at learning that
material man is not God's image
and likeness, and that the pains
and pleasures of the senses are
unreal, it vented itself upon the
Teacher. But it failed in its
attempt to free the world of
troublesome truth."
1919
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Freedom
"He who knows (understands) his
real freedom will demonstrate it
in proportion to his knowledge."
Albert F. Gilmore,
1918
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Freedom
"Before a nation can have
healthful governmental
conditions, the majority of its
citizens must understand and
express mental, moral, and
physical health, and this can
come only from a divine source."
Annie M. Knott, 1905
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"The
Friend of
God"
"To be the true friend of anyone
is to set his interests above
one's own. It is to be so closely
acquainted with all that is grand
and true in his nature that no
least breath of defamation, of
unjust criticism, shall be
allowed to blow upon his name."
Ella W. Hoag, 1923
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Friendly
Biographers
"One's enemies never could do one
justice in writing one's record,
and it follows that only the
friends of Mrs. Eddy those
who have known and loved her most
can really give a correct
estimate of her." Bliss
Knapp
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"From
sense to
Soul"
"To reach the foothills is only
an urge to the mountains beyond.
So why should we wish to linger
in the sense-valleys, when the
wondrous heights of Soul are all
about us, to be enjoyed whenever
we are willing to make the effort
to climb?" Manilla Harris Smith,
1927
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From
the
Press
"'Within the last ten days I have
seen scores of women and many men
who were suffering from influenza
fear and not a symptom of the
real disease, and I know many
other physicians who have similar
experiences.'"
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The
Fruits of
Obedience
"We need feel no sense of
discouragement when we find that
perfect understanding is not
gained in a day, nor attained
without prayerful desire and
effort." Nellie E. Pease,
1922
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The
Fulfilment of
Prophecy
"Among the prophecies in
Revelation which have special
reference to Christian Science,
that concerning the 'little book'
is very significant. Its meaning
is made clear by our Leader in
the chapter of Science and Health
called 'The Apocalypse.'" Mattie
Bird Clarke, 1906
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A
Full
Salvation
"Of the necessity of complete
self-immolation in order to gain
spiritual freedom Mrs. Eddy
states on page 343 of
'Miscellaneous Writings': 'Let us
watch and pray that we enter not
into the temptation of ease in
sin; and let us not forget that
others before us have laid upon
the altar all that we have to
sacrifice.'" Albert F. Gilmore,
1922
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Fundamentals
"If frequent recurrence to
fundamentals is necessary for the
preservation of free government,
it is equally essential for the
preservation of true religion."
Joseph R. Curl, 1922
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The
Future
Life
"Christian Scientists are not
troubled as to what the future
will unfold, for they are daily
proving in their healing work the
truth of all Jesus' teachings."
Annie M. Knott, 1905
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