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Gates
of
Heaven
"On a certain occasion when Jesus
prayed, his disciples saw him
transfigured before them,
his face shone, and even his
robes were radiant." Elizabeth
Earl Jones, 1916
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The
Gateway
"The destruction of sin in the
human consciousness, be it slow
or fast, is the pathway to
immortality, and there is no
other." Judge Septimus J. Hanna,
1903
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Giving
versus
Getting
"Since Christian Science teaches
that we eliminate an argument of
error, not by ignoring it, but by
reversing it, or, in other
words, by substituting in place
of a false concept of anything a
right idea, let him put in
place of the word 'get' its exact
reverse, or opposite, which is
'give.' Then let him note how the
whole situation instantly
changes." Louise Wheatley Cook
Hovnanian, 1925
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God
Incorporeal
"The Bible says that God is a
spirit; this passage, literally
translated, would read Spirit is
God, or Spirit is the God. We
might just as well say God is
God, as to say God is Spirit,
unless we know what Spirit means.
What then is Spirit?" Gen.
Erastus N. Bates, 1893
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God
or
Caesar
"The question as to which we love
more, matter or Spirit, answers
itself in our daily lives. If we
love matter more we will seek to
preserve our sense of pleasure or
comfort in it, at the expense of
spiritual growth; while if we
love Spirit more we will strive
to hold to it, and gain a truer
understanding of it, at any
cost." Elizabeth Earl Jones,
1907
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God
Satisfies the
Desires
". . . Since God includes all
good, nothing truly satisfying
can be found outside of that
good." Ella W. Hoag,
1925
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God's
Ideas
"God is unchangeable, eternal,
including all that is good; and
to learn what God is, unfolds
what creation is; . . ."
Catherine Brooks, 1919
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God's
Light
"We read in Genesis that 'in the
beginning' God's fiat, 'Let there
be light,' went forth with the
inevitable result that 'there was
light'! From then until now this
same command of God has been
sounding its awakening note,
since enlightenment is always
needed everywhere." Ella W. Hoag,
1925
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God's
Man
"When Jesus sent out his twelve
disciples 'to heal all manner of
sickness and all manner of
disease,' he commanded them to
declare the kingdom of heaven at
hand, and among the instructions
he gave was this: 'I send you
forth as sheep in the midst of
wolves: be ye therefore wise as
serpents, and harmless as
doves.'" Helen C. Sherer,
1919
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God's
Universal
Reign
"Whatever the human seeming may
claim to be, it is possible to
those accepting and demonstrating
the teaching of Christian Science
to prove in ever increasing
measure that in proportion to
one's understanding of and
reliance on God as All-power, His
universal reign may be
demonstrated here and now." Ella
W. Hoag, 1924
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God's
Word
"It is wonderful how much of this
Word becomes audible to us if we
are earnestly listening for it.
We verily find we are in the
glorious company of angels whose
voices of Goodness and Truth
whisper constantly of heaven."
James F. Gilman, 1896
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The
Good
Shepherd
".
. . The figure of the shepherd
implies protection, and
protection is that for which
every individual longs, whether
he is aware of this fact or not."
Mary H. Cummins, 1920
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Gossip
and
Conversation
"There
are people whose conversation is
brilliant with choice thoughts
from the wisdom of the ages,
quotations, references,
illustrations, so that when they
speak they are teaching of wisdom
and kindly views." William P.
McKenzie, 1919
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Government
by
Truth
"Ships are wrecked again and
again on the same reef, and
nations likewise perish by
repetition of the same form of
mesmerism. Mesmerism, in brief,
is that action of the human mind
whereby the lie is made to appear
as the truth." William P.
McKenzie, 1919
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"Go
ye into all the world, and preach
the
gospel"
"It is very easy to love our
neighbor as ourself when in the
quiet of our own room we see him
and ourself as spiritual and
perfect; but it is often very
difficult to demonstrate this
humanly. Yet this must be our
demonstration if we are to prove
the truth of Christian Science."
Iva B. Linebarger,
1926
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"The
Grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ"
"'The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ' is that irresistible
human expression of divine Love
which, through its steady shining
and buoyant sweetness, heals even
the desire to oppose it."
Elizabeth Earl Jones,
1919
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Gratitude
and
Gladness
"Christ Jesus never forgot to
give thanks, whatever the
occasion might seem to human
sense." Annie M. Knott,
1916
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Gratitude
and
Unfoldment
"The writer recalls an experience
in which discouragement was
overcome by gratitude, and this
blessing resulted in perfect and
instantaneous healing of a
stubborn physical ailment."
Violet Webster Dunham,
1918
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"A
great reform in our
ranks"
"That Mary Baker Eddy recognized
herself to be the 'God-appointed'
and 'God-anointed' messenger to
this age is clearly shown by the
following excerpts from her
letters. To Ira Knapp she wrote:
'I am carrying on a great reform
in our ranks through my
letters.'" Bliss Knapp,
1947
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The
Great
Commission
"The Master's commission to his
disciples surely makes it clear
that no one can heedlessly
dismiss, under any plea
whatsoever, the idea of the
Christ-healing which he
presented; for it comes down
through the centuries to witness
against the belief that material
things are as real as things
spiritual and much more
attractive to mankind than the
things of God." Annie M. Knott,
1918
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The
"great white
throne"
"The Christ Science that uncovers
error as impersonal and unreal
destroys it. If we personalize
error, we give it, in belief, an
agent with which to strike back."
Elizabeth Earl Jones,
1943
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"The
greatest feminine exponent of
Christianity"
"However people may differ about
the doctrines she taught; however
diverse human opinions may be as
to her claims and writings, all
must admit that she was a
transcendent character. The world
has been made better for her
having lived."
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The
Greatest of These (Part
I)
"In Christian Science it is
learned that both the letter and
the spirit of Christianity are
necessary." Judge Hanna,
1901
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The
Greatest of These (Part
II)
"Love inspires one to think pure
thoughts, speak kind words, and
perform noble deeds. It leads man
onward and upward and never
causes a backward step." Judge
Hanna, 1901
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Guard
the Windows and
Doors
'"You say that all sickness has
its cause in the mind and not in
the body. Now why did I have
pneumonia, consumption, or
dyspepsia, when I never thought
of having them?" G. A. B,
1897
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Guided
by Right
Intuition
"When
one seeks guidance from Principle
it is real wisdom that he is
seeking, not so-called worldly
wisdom, which is but the
cleverness of the world below and
partakes not of the celestial
order or divine revelation."
William P. McKenzie,
1919
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Habits,
and Their
Cure
"The great secret of success, in
triumphing over habits of all
kinds, is to understand their
nothingness; in that way we show
our superiority over them." Frank
Mason, 1887
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Half
Measure and Full
Measure
"We
should bear in mind that the
unfoldment of Truth's idea in
individual consciousness is as
irresistible as the day's
dawning; that nothing can stay
the grandeur of its stately
progress. Though clouds may seem
to obscure, they cannot hinder,
they cannot deflect its
course."
Colonel W. E. Fell,
1910
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The
Handling of
Error
"Occasionally, Christian
Scientists are heard to say: It
is 'old-fashioned' to handle
error; it is no longer necessary
to do it; what we need to do now
is to dwell in the absolute
truth." Ella W. Hoag,
1922
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Hanna,
Judge
A biographical paper on the
individual Mrs. Eddy said had
"done more for the cause than any
other student in the
field."
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Harvest
Gleanings
"I accepted an invitation to go
and hear the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy
preach, and went to the hall very
indifferent as to the subject or
the speaker. Every seat was
taken, and I thought it would be
my death to stand through the
service; I was sure it would
cause a relapse." Sarah J. Clark,
1896
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Harvest
Lessons
"The great Teacher had much to
say about sowing and reaping, and
it is well for us to cling to the
fact that the good seed and its
fruitage were given first place
in his discourses and their
permanence was shown." Annie M.
Knott, 1915
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A
Healing
Experience
"One day, in company with some
new found friends, Red Rock at
Lynn was visited. We carried
along some books, expecting to
have a quiet time for reading and
meditation . . ." Harriet
O'Brien, 1918
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Healing
in the
Gospels
"And there are also many other
things which Jesus did, the
which, if they should be written
every one, I suppose that even
the world itself could not
contain the books that should be
written." (John 21:25)
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Healing
the
Sick
"There never has been and never
will be one failure in Christian
Science. God's Word never fails.
If there seem to be failures, it
is for the lack of Christian
Science." Ezra M. Buswell,
1893
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Health
Contagious
"If we would make health
contagious, we must radiate the
light of Truth and Love, with its
insistent demand for purity and
its rich fruitage of fearlessness
and faith." Annie M. Knott,
1916
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Heaven
"According to the Scriptures
there are different planes of
spiritual existence which are
called heaven. Paul speaks of
someone who was 'caught up to the
third heaven,' and he says, 'Of
such an one will I glory.'" Annie
M. Knott, 1919
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Heavenly
Aspiration
"Anyone may see clearly enough
that a man who has heavenly
aspiration will keep himself free
from the mental contamination of
drug or dogma, beer or
propaganda. He will sincerely
avoid whatever will stupefy his
senses or stultify his mind."
William P. McKenzie,
1918
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"He
pleased
God"
"In the epistle to the Hebrews it
is said of Enoch, 'Before his
translation he had this
testimony, that he pleased God.'
This pleasing of God is a
question of vast importance and
one which cannot be considered
too often or too earnestly." Ella
W. Hoag, 1920
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Herod
and the
Star
"When the Magians had finished
their interview with King Herod,
they departed, and lo! the Star
again appeared, and held its
supremacy." Frank Mason,
1887
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"He
that
hath"
"The Christian Scientist knows
that progress Spiritward is made
only by gaining the Mind of
Christ; that is to say, in
proportion as his thought is
spiritualized."
Albert F. Gilmore,
1923
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"He
that shall
endure"
"In the twenty-fourth chapter of
Matthew is recorded one of the
most significant of the many
prophecies of the Bible and one
that is set forth in such simple,
direct language that its meaning
is unmistakable." Agnes M.
Cleaveland, 1919
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Hints
on
Healing
"If a person is wilfully sinning,
never tell him that he is the
'Image of God,' but arouse him to
the enormity of his error, and
make him see the suffering his
course will impose upon him. To
tell a sinner that he is a child
of God, that he is good and never
sinned, is to impress him with
the belief that he is doing
right, which will plunge him
deeper into the mire." Frank
Mason
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Holy
Days and
Holidays
"...If
we truly enter into the spirit of
this prayer, it will make of
Christmas day a holy day whose
inspiration will abide with us
through all the year; help us to
feed the hungry with the bread
that satisfies and lead them to
the Father's house." Annie M.
Knott, 1906
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The
Holy Name of
Mind
". . . The world has gone on in
comparative darkness concerning
the most important of all
questions: What is mind? Where is
mind? How can its thoughts be
properly controlled?" Ella W.
Hoag, 1924
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"An
holy
priesthood"
"It is doubtless true that as
time advances greater and greater
demands will be made upon the
Christian Science practitioner to
deal with the more hidden phases
of mortal belief, whether
manifested as sin or suffering;
hence the need of greater
consecration in all that is
attempted." Annie M. Knott,
1917
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The
Holy
Scriptures
"So rich is the Bible in
spiritual truth that we can go to
it again and again and take from
its teachings and from the
experiences of the holy men of
old as much of the pure gold of
inspiration as we are prepared to
receive; and when we go again,
after having put into practice
the truth thus gained, we find
even more of the truth whose
price is 'above rubies.'" Annie
M. Knott, 1918
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Home
"He who truly knows God has found
his home, and it is a 'refuge'
and a 'fortress' where he rests
secure in the Father's promise,
'I will be with him.'" Annie M.
Knott, 1906
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How
to
Think
"Paul makes it very clear in his
second epistle to the Corinthians
that if we would use fearlessly
and effectively the weapons
provided for our spiritual
warfare, so as to cast down
'every high thing that exalteth
itself against the knowledge of
God,' be it sin or disease, we
must bring our every thought into
obedience to Christ." Annie M.
Knott, 1915
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Human
Hypotheses
"How can the vision of spiritual
reality appear by a theoretical
transfiguration of material forms
and objects? Must we not, rather,
turn entirely away from material
suggestions in order to see
spiritual reality?" Frank H.
Sprague, 1919
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Humility
"Are we willing that 'the old man
with his deeds' shall be put off,
and the 'new man' put on? Are we
willing that the world should
know the motive of all our
actions and of all we say? Are we
willing to cease the strife for
personal recognition and be
accounted 'least in the
kingdom'?" John E. Fellers,
1907
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Humility
"In 'Miscellaneous Writings' Mrs.
Eddy, in speaking of humility,
says (p. 356): 'This virtue
triumphs over the flesh; it is
the genius of Christian
Science.'" Ella W. Hoag,
1919
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"I
am
convinced..."
"A thorough and unbiased study of
the life of Mrs. Eddy reveals a
woman of great personal charm,
rare culture and learning, a
purity of life and purpose,
unsurpassed unselfishness, and
the profoundest wisdom and
spiritual discernment and
understanding." Dean
Masterson
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Idea
"A
gentleman with whom I recently
conversed, took serious exception
to the word idea, as used
to explain God's creations, and
especially man. He somewhat
contemptuously remarked, 'I hope
I am more than an idea!'" Judge
Hanna, 1904
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The
Ideal
Man
"Jesus demanded an equally
radical and revolutionary change
in the human point of view when
he said, 'Call no man your father
upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven.' Is
this demand heeded by professed
Christians today? No! except by
Christian Scientists, who do see
that man cannot have two fathers,
one spiritual and one material."
Sue Harper Mims, 1906
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Ideas
and
Symbols
"It sometimes happens that when a
student of Christian Science
places emphasis upon the
spiritual sense of a passage of
Scripture, the listener concludes
that he therefore denies or
ignores the literal sense of the
statement in question. To do this
would, however, be to ignore Mrs.
Eddy's teaching on the subject of
Scriptural interpretation." Annie
M. Knott, 1912
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If
All Were Christian
Scientists
"Picture for a moment all men a
unit in their religious belief,
and that belief the religion of
our Master . . ." Samuel
Greenwood, 1904
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Illusion
"To Jesus one illusion was
as quickly dispelled as another.
To him Spirit and spiritual
things, Mind and its ideas, were
so real, so tangible, so ever
accessible, that error in any of
its guises met its instant
detection, followed by its
immediate destruction." Dada
Jellison Clark, 1919
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Immaculate
Origin and
Being
"The two points upon the horizon
of human history at which Christ
Jesus appeared and disappeared,
are the links between earth and
heaven, the Jacob's ladder up
which, step by step, humanity
passes above and out of itself
and all its false beliefs, into
the unbroken harmony of spiritual
being." Elizabeth Earl Jones,
1909
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Impartial
Love
"Too long have mortals turned
away from the divine protection
so freely offered to all who will
avail themselves of it. They have
bowed before the unreal things of
mortal sense, and in thought if
not in word have even accused God
of partiality when others seemed
more favored than themselves."
Annie M. Knott, 1915
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Immortality
"The long centuries of mortal
belief and experience all show
that the material body is not
immortal, while spiritual
understanding declares that it
must be put off, with all the
erroneous beliefs which it
represents." Annie M. Knott,
1908
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Individual
Consecration
"People will say oftentimes, 'Why
cannot I heal?' Do we pray
enough, love enough? Do we study
enough those wondrous guides to
consecrated living, the Bible and
Science and Health?" Daisy
Bedford, 1919
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Individual
Effort
"Can we understand the light, and
shut our eyes to its source?
Could the disciples have accepted
the Christ, while they turned
from Jesus? No, never!" Frank
Mason, 1888
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Individual
Responsibility
"Whatever be our human problem,
we may rest assured that if we
work it out in accordance with
the demands of enthroned Love and
justice, each day's effort
nay, each hour's effort
will add to our strength and
bring us closer to the reward."
Annie M. Knott, 1918
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Inexhaustible
Love
"One of the greatest blessings
for which the writer has cause
for deep gratitude to Christian
Science, lies in the growing
understanding of the reality and
boundlessness of divine Love, its
power and availability to help at
all times and in all places."
Jessie Bennett, 1918
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Inexhaustible
Supply
"This consciousness of supply as
the manifestation of
intelligence, obtained and
retained, brings into one's
experience more and more of
affluence of thought and
abundance of supply, so that not
only one's own but the world's
great need is met." Carl
Horton Pierce,
1913
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The
Inspiration of
Sacrifice
"What is the inspiration of this
intense sacrifice of material
things, this giving up of the
freedom to follow individual aims
and pursuits, this offering of
the human sense of life, if need
be, that the world may be brought
to a truer understanding of life
and liberty?" Nellie B. Mace,
1918
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"In
Spirit and in
Truth"
"In spite of mortal and material
belief, there is no true healing,
comfort, or reformation until one
is awakened to the fact that
because God is Spirit man is
spiritual. Then for him true
worship and true living must ever
be in spirit and in truth." Annie
M. Knott, 1916
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Instantaneous
Healing
". . . The variation apparent in
the success of Christian Science
practice is due, to a large
extent at least, to the variable
possession of the Christ-spirit."
Lucie Haskell Hill,
1925
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The
Interpretation of the
Sermon
"As the sermon contains the truth
of God, it will, if rightly
interpreted, fulfil the work of
Truth of which Christ Jesus spoke
saying 'You shall know the
Truth, and the Truth shall make
you free.'" Christian Science
Sentinel, 1899
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Introduction
to a
Lecture
"I am glad of this opportunity
for a foreword to the lecture to
be delivered this evening, that I
may speak of Christian Science,
the cause and subject nearest my
heart, . .
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Ruth B. Ewing, 1919
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Jealousy
and
Envy
"We think Christian Scientists,
as well as all others, can read
with profit the following from
Cyprian, one of the early
Christian Fathers, whose power of
analysis as a Christian
Metaphysician was evidently great
. . ." Judge Hanna,
1896
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Jesus
"It is of the utmost importance
that we rise above the fleshly
concept of Jesus, but this does
not mean that we are to lose
sight of him. In the second
chapter of this epistle we read:
'Who is a liar but he that
denieth that Jesus is the
Christ?'" Annie M. Knott,
1915
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Jesus
in Christian
Science
"Blind, indeed, are the eyes and
heavy the ears that do not see,
and at least in part understand,
the vast import of this hour."
Sue Harper Mims, 1902
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Jesus'
Teaching of
Life
"Jesus distinctly taught the
possibility of a present kingdom
of heaven. When the Pharisees
demanded of him to tell them when
the kingdom of God should come,
he answered that the kingdom of
God was within; that is, that it
was a state or condition of
consciousness." Judge Hanna,
1909
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Jesus
the
Christ
". . . We should be ever alert to
the place he occupies in the
divine plan. We should carefully
avoid displacing him either in
history or in our own
consciousness . . ." Judge Hanna,
1916
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Joy
"It had been one of a succession
of rather weary days; material
thought seemed to hold sway. An
old ailment, and the only one of
many which had not yet wholly
yielded to the action of Truth,
seemed to assert itself
persistently." Martha E. Killie,
1907
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Joy
and
Gratitude
"Searching mental analysis is
often necessary to discover and
uncover the errors which would
often pass unnoticed unless we
are animated by the most sincere
desire to eliminate all that is
unlike God." Laura Louise
Galsworthy, 1920
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Judgment
"That the present financial and
other turbulent conditions are in
the nature of 'judgment,' no
thinking person will deny. It is
not judgment, however, specially
sent by an angry God as a means
of taking vengeance on a
disobedient people, but that
judgment which is the inevitable
result of the persistent
violation of divine law." Judge
Hanna, 1893
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Judgment
Day
"We unto deafness have
prophesied, / For the deaf are
leading the blind astray; / Truth
have we spoken to those who have
lied / And walked in an evil
way." William P. McKenzie,
1938
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The
Judgment
Day
"Throughout the entire world
there has been held by all
peoples a very definite belief in
a judgment day when wrongs would
be righted and the wicked
punished." Annie M. Knott,
1918
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The
Kingdom at
Hand
"He who has studied well the
letter and entered into the
spirit of Christian Science, will
gladly face the light of Love's
guiding, assuring presence,
knowing that whatever the issue,
God will abundantly prove Himself
to be all that Holy Writ has
declared Him to be." James Parker
Naugle, 1914
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The
Kingdom
Established
"The kingdom of God is the
eternal fact, and its recognition
by all peoples and their rulers,
also obedience to its laws,
should be the chief concern of
all nations." Annie M. Knott,
1919
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"The
kingdom of his dear
Son"
"To all who are unhappy, sad,
poor, sick, or suffering
Christian Science comes with
healing from the false belief of
separation from God, restoring
them to their right place in 'the
kingdom of his dear Son.'" Anne
Sophie Hamilton, 1925
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Knott,
CSD, Mrs. Annie
M.
"In March, 1919, Mrs. Knott was
chosen by The Christian Science
Board of Directors to become the
first woman Director of The
Mother Church, a position to
which she devoted her life for
nearly fifteen years. In her
untiring and loving service to
the Cause of Christian Science
and to our beloved Leader, Mrs.
Knott upheld the dignity of work,
from the simplest tasks to the
highest."
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Knott's
Court Testimony,
Mrs.
"Mrs. Eddy said she wanted to
have The Mother Church modeled as
closely as possible after the
early Christian church and after
Jesus' teachings, and the Church
to be as free as possible from
the trammels of material
organization."
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Knott's
Lectures, Reports of
Mrs.
"The speaker was Mrs. Annie M.
Knott of Detroit, who has gained
a wide reputation as an advocate
of the doctrine of Christian
Science." Anderson Daily
Bulletin, 1900
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Knott,
Letters by
Mrs.
"After a calm and careful review
of your teaching in the Normal
Class, I have to thank you
greatly for the higher
understanding of the Truth which
I received."
Annie
M. Knott, 1887-1888
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Knott,
Reminiscences by
Mrs.
"I am unspeakably thankful that
in the good providence of God I
was permitted to be Mrs. Eddy's
student, for the clearness of her
teaching and the largeness of her
character have been a perpetual
inspiration and benediction in
the sacrament of daily duty."
Annie M. Knott, 1901
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Knott,
Reminiscences by
Mrs.
"Mere intellectualism will go
with the 'wood, hay, stubble,'
which material sense would vainly
seek to build upon the spiritual
foundation." Annie M. Knott,
1924
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Knowing
the
Time
"If we were always diligent in
listening for the voice of Truth,
we would never have occasion to
fear the threatenings of error,
whether of sickness or
misfortune, for we would learn
what to do and when to do it."
Annie M. Knott, 1916
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The
Lamb of
God
"The persistence in the
Scriptures of the idea symbolized
by 'a lamb without blemish and
without spot' calls for more than
passing notice." Annie M. Knott,
1915
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Landmarks
"The passing of each landmark has
been to me a proof of guidance in
taking the right direction, and
has given me fresh courage to
ascend a step higher." D. Allyn
Garber, 1918
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Larger
"With its divine demand of
'Larger,' Christian Science turns
men to the study of the
Christ-model . . ." M. Ethel
Whitcomb, 1919
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Law
"In Science and Health we have an
allegory presented in the chapter
on Christian Science Practice,
wherein Mrs. Eddy shows us that
the work of the Christian Science
practitioner resembles that of a
lawyer more nearly than that of a
doctor." Alfred M. Vaughn,
1918
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Law
a
Power
"Few people would be willing to
deny the power of law, however
understood, but there would
doubtless be great diversity of
opinion as to how this power
could be proved." Annie M. Knott,
1915
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The
Law of
God
"Because evil is a suppositional
opposite of God, good, it too
claims to be governed by law, and
every mortal must awaken to this
claim and learn so to know the
presence and power of the law of
God, good, that he will instantly
reject every least belief in an
opposite of good, so that evil
shall have no opportunity to say
to him, 'I am law.'" Ella W.
Hoag, 1920
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The
Law of
Progress
"Christian Science practitioners
frequently encounter with one
seeking spiritual help states of
doubt and discouragement as to
his progress." Albert F. Gilmore,
1927
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The
Law of
Supply
"The 'bread of life' is spiritual
understanding, and our
understanding becomes our
experience." Reginald H. Schenck,
1918
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The
Law of
Supply
"When Mrs. Eddy gained the
spiritual understanding of the
Bible, she knew at once that her
own healing had been brought
about through the natural
operation of divine law; that
this law had not through some
special dispensation operated in
her behalf, but, as law, was
always present and always in
operation." Marion E. Twichell,
1919
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The
Leaven of
Herod
"Bible students are generally
familiar with Jesus' caution to
beware of the doctrines of the
scribes, Pharisees, and
Sadducees, and have a more or
less accurate knowledge of the
mental and moral characteristics
of these sects against which he
warned them, but many may not be
so conversant with this single
reference to the leaven of
Herod." Mabel C. Lucas,
1915
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A
Lesson from the Forest
Reserve
"As long as we are struggling
with mortal thought, we must
inevitably pass through some of
its experiences, but it rests
with ourselves whether they shall
leave us as they found us." Olive
Jennings Orbison, 1919
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The
Lesson of Naaman the
Syrian
"Naaman's struggle was severe,
but loving counsel was at hand;
and good triumphed over evil. He
dipped
or
in other words, humbled himself
not
once but seven times, in obedient
response to the demand of God,
through His prophet, to wash and
be clean. Then the man was
changed." Florence E. B.
Donaldson, 1922
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The
Lesson-Sermon
"Never before has the Bible been
studied as it is today by
Christian Scientists, and in the
clear light of divine Truth we
have glimpses of the holy city of
Revelation which, despite mortal
blindness to spiritual facts, is
an ever-present reality." Annie
M. Knott, 1913
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The
Lesson
Sermons
"No attentive, sincere student,
or earnest listener, whether
Scientist or non-Scientist, can
hear or read the alternate
passages from the Bible and
Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures, without seeing
the unity of the two."
Christian Science
Sentinel, 1899
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Lessons
from the Past and
Present
"Jesus said plainly that the
faithful should pass through all
perils unharmed, 'There shall not
an hair of your head perish,' and
he said further that, when error
seems to be at its very height,
'then look up, and lift up your
heads; for your redemption
draweth nigh.'" Annie M. Knott,
1903
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"Lest
we
forget."
". . . Members can so protect
their own thoughts that they are
not unwittingly made to deprive
their Leader of her rightful
place as the Revelator to this
age of the immortal truths
testified to by Jesus and the
prophets." Lewis C. Strang,
1906
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"Let
your light so
shine"
"Having seen the light of the
great revelation of Christian
Science, we must watch that the
light is not darkened or dimmed
to the searcher for Truth by any
thought, word, or deed of ours."
Faith Holmes Hyers,
1925
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Letter
and
Spirit
"In one of Mrs. Eddy's classes
the question was asked why the
Christian church should have lost
the understanding of Truth
necessary to heal the sick as in
the time of the Master and his
early followers." Annie M. Knott,
1913
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"Letters
to Our
Leader"
"We rejoice in the blessings that
have come to us through your
inspired teachings, and our
earnest prayer is that we may
become more worthy of the name
Christian Scientists."
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Liberation
"The writer remembers during her
early experiences in Christian
Science a tendency to ignore the
so-called small errors, the daily
little annoyances that arose, and
these unarrested beliefs in evil
were the source of much confusion
and discord." Margaret S. Sayre,
1919
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Liberty
"Thus we see that, while broadly
affirming the absolute spiritual
truth, Paul does not overlook the
evidence of the false material
senses. He was doubtless aware
that the attainment of liberty
was conditioned upon the
destruction in human
consciousness of all that tends
to bondage." Judge Hanna,
1914
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Liberty's
Crusade
"Christian Science is rapidly
encircling the globe with its
message of healing and of peace
to all who hear and heed. Its
ministry does not call for a
priestly order, but it does
demand consecrated workers who
are ready either to defend the
cause of right or to heal the
sick and sinful." Annie M. Knott,
1910
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Life
"Mortal existence was not Life to
Jesus' understanding. In his
great love for humanity and his
earnest desire to teach the real
Life we hear him saying
yearningly, 'And ye will not come
unto me that ye might have
life.'" Emma A. Estes,
1896
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Light
"In Ecclesiastes we read, 'Who is
as the wise man? and who knoweth
the interpretation of a thing? a
man's wisdom maketh his face to
shine.' That spiritual
understanding and communion have
this effect is seen in the case
of Moses, . . ." Herbert A.
Hutchinson, 1910
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Light
"We are told that when Egypt was
in deepest darkness there was
light in the dwellings of the
Hebrews, and this light, this
symbol of the divine presence,
was with them in their desert
journeyings as 'a pillar of fire
by night.'" Annie M. Knott,
1914
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Light
"The light of Truth was visible
to Paul and to others in his day.
He saw and felt it. It came to
the disciples at Pentecost. Is
there any reason why it should
not descend upon Christian
Scientists today?" Frances Mack
Mann, 1922
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The
Light of
Truth
"Christian Science very speedily
shows the earnest, honest student
that he can never get rid of evil
until he recognizes evil as
evil." Ella W. Hoag,
1926
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The
Light that
Heals
"If a Christian Scientist were
asked what it is that heals the
sick in Christian Science, he
would unhesitatingly answer that
it is spiritual illumination, and
for this response there is
abundant Scriptural authority."
Annie M. Knott, 1915
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Lights
Along the
Way
"A practitioner on going into a
home where death seemed knocking
at the door, remarked to a member
of the family, 'With God all
things are possible.'" Mignonette
C. Starkweather, 1919
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"Likeness"
"If at any time we seem to fail
in our efforts to realize the
health, harmony, and prosperity
which should always characterize
the children of God, it is deeply
interesting to search the
Scriptures and find therein many
statements as to the divine
nature, that we may thereby trace
our own likeness to our heavenly
Father." Annie M. Knott,
1916
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"The
Lion of the tribe of
Juda"
"Right is right, and wrong is
wrong. There is no convenient
middle ground. We stand at the
parting of the ways. Will we
choose the right path now, or do
we prefer to go round in a circle
a little longer?" Louise Wheatley
Cook Hovnanian, 1919
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The
Logia of
Jesus
". . . It is surprising that what
is accepted generally as the only
authentic record of Jesus'
sayings limits them to what is
contained in the four Gospels,
and comparatively little
attention is paid to research in
numerous other sources which some
day will be rewarded with rich
returns." Henry Van Arsdale,
1907
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Look
Up!
"Mrs. Eddy tells us in the
Glossary to Science and Health
(p. 586) that 'eyes' mean
'spiritual discernment,
not material but mental.' In the
light of this definition we can
more easily understand the
Biblical expression, 'Lift up
your eyes, and look.'" Norah L.
M. Foster, 1929
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"Lord,
teach us to
pray"
"Through
the prayer of understanding every
bitter experience of mortal life
can be made to serve rather than
to master. Ingratitude, hate, all
sin and disease afford
opportunities for demonstrating
God's all-power, and one may
through his overcoming prove
himself to be master of all that
is unlike good." Eugenie Paul
Jefferson, 1919
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Love
"A certain state of mortal
thought sometimes imagines that
loving-kindness may do harm, that
to speak a kindly word to one who
is known to have erred may in
some way compromise one's own
loyalty to Principle." Ella W.
Hoag, 1922
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"Love
one
another"
"The rabbinical law had insisted
upon love for God, and at the
same time had taught 'an eye for
an eye.' The Master's teaching
was in striking contrast to this,
for he emphasized the fact that
we must have not only love for
God but also love for man; that,
as Paul later declared, 'love is
the fulfilling of the law.'" C.
L. Bostwick, 1914
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Love's
Demands
"The devoted disciple in the
laboratory of his own life gains
the power which enables him to
destroy the claims of error."
Albert. F. Gilmore,
1924
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Love
Your
Enemies
"The true Christian Scientist
knows that his enemies,
so-called, more than his friends,
bring the experiences through
which his life becomes more and
more consecrated to God." Isabel
Lee, 1900
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