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OTHER ITEMS
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Sacraments
"Those who attend the Christian
Science services will note that
the sacrament is observed without
the material elements of bread
and wine which are used in most
of the other Christian churches.
Its observance in Christian
Science is explained by Mrs. Eddy
on page 35 of Science and Health,
where she says, 'Our Eucharist is
spiritual communion with the one
God.' On the same page she says,
'Our baptism is a purification
from all error.'" Annie M. Knott,
1915
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Safety
"A noteworthy incident, occurring
a number of years ago and related
in part at that time in the
Christian Science
Sentinel, testifies to the
safety which even in extreme
circumstances is provided by the
application of Christian
Science." Blanche Hersey Hogue,
1937
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Salvation
and
Overcoming
"Encouraging
people in the belief that they
can go on in a sinful state
expecting to be saved by the
sacrificial death of Jesus, is
not warranted by the Scriptures,
nor by the critic's own
experience." A. E. Brandt,
1919
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Scholastic
Theology
"Christ must take the place of
creed. Christianity must
supersede churchianity. The
sleeping must be awakened. The
dead must become alive." Judge
Hanna, 1895
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The
School of
Trial
"Touching upon this thought, our
revered Leader writes, 'Through
great tribulation we enter the
kingdom. Trials are proofs of
God's care' (Science and Health,
p. 66). Many hearts today bear
grateful witness to the truth of
these statements." Stokes Anthony
Bennett, 1909
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Scriptural
Accounts of
Wars
". . . While Christian Scientists
adhere strictly to the idea of
God's non-responsibility for war,
they at the same time recognize
the conditions of human
relativity." Judge Hanna,
1898
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Scriptural
Symbolism
"The letter of symbolism may be
very interesting, but it is
profitable only as we lay hold
upon the substance for which it
stands, and the teaching of
Christian Science is distinctive
in this, that it always lays its
emphasis upon the spiritual
values of the spoken or written
word, and it thus escapes that
slough of contention into which
literalists are forever falling."
Helen Young, 1910
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The
Second Bishop of
Kensington
". . . In my invitation I drew
your attention to the challenge
which the action of that body of
Christians called Christian
Scientists makes. It is to me
indisputable that they do heal
the sick both in body and mind."
The Rt Rev John Primatt Maud,
1924
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The
Second
Coming
"As we contemplate our beloved
Leader, living in the 'silent
sanctuary' of spiritual
isolation, walking in the
straight and narrow way that
alone leads up the ascending
heights of spiritual attainment,
and bearing witness of the Christ
by steadfastly pointing to Christ
Jesus, the great Exemplar, we
feel that we owe no apology to
the world for the love,
reverence, and gratitude for her
heroism, fidelity, obedience,
patience, and long-suffering."
Sue Harper Mims, 1910
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The
Second
Coming
"No more in guise of Nazarene /
Beside the Kidron's turbid
stream, / Or on the Gallilean
shore / With fisher-students, as
of yore;" 1893
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The
Second Coming of
Christ
"We may well imagine his hearers'
astonishment when he whom they
had learned to know as 'The
Prince of Peace' associated the
coming of the Christ with scenes
of turbulence and disaster of the
most terrible description. What
logical connection could there be
between occurrences so
diametrically opposite in their
nature?" Frank H. Sprague,
1917
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The
Second Coming of
Christ
"The year 1866 has been referred
to as the year in which a number
of English theologians looked for
the end of the 'present
dispensation;' but as that time
drew near without any Millennial
symptoms, Dr. John Cummings, the
chief exponent thereof, was
understood to have modified his
original views considerably . .
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The
Second Coming of
Truth
"Why should not this revelation
of Truth have come through a
woman? Let us study the
Revelation of St. John through
the lens of the Christian Science
textbook; we may thus gain new
light on this profound subject."
Evelyn Sylvester, 1899
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The
Secret
"Though
mists of mortal sense may seem to
hide / The light of Truth, yet
Love will break the spell, /
Reveal the glorious fact that
none beside / Our Father reigns;
within His house we
dwell."
Edith F. Munroe, 1919
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Seeing
and
Acknowledging
"So long as we accept the
material evidence, whether
willingly or unwillingly, we fail
to see the spiritual evidence,
which to the spiritual sense is
never absent, namely, God
expressed in His idea, man, in
His own image and likeness."
Annie M. Knott, 1919
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Seeking
First the
Kingdom
"As God's spiritual reflection,
man has boundless opportunities,
infinite capabilities, ceaseless
occupation. His capital is Mind's
resources, unlimited and ever
available." Louise Wheatley Cook
Hovnanian, 1916
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Self-Abnegation
"There
is nothing that the Christian
Scientist desires more earnestly
to attain than real
self-abnegation." Ella W. Hoag,
1925
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Sense
Testimony
Rebuked
"One day, while thinking of the
wondrous work and scope of
Christian Science, it came to me
suddenly that, in order to
demonstrate its teachings more
fully in daily life, every claim
made by the corporeal senses, in
their effort to manifest and
maintain the belief of either
pleasure or pain in the body,
must be quickly detected and
denied." Hattie P. Williams,
1909
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Separation
of Truth and
Error
"The most insidious form of evil
the highest attenuation of
error concocted by mortal mind to
oppose Christian Science, is that
one taught in Chicago and
recently illustrated in New
York." Anonymous Editorial,
1889
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Service
"Jesus perceived that in order to
perform this mission of service
to mankind every one must first
prove his mastery over the
arguments of material sense in
his own consciousness . . ."
The Christian Science
Monitor, 1919
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Service
"It is our privilege to be
'laborers together with God,'
'workers together with him,' to
quote St. Paul, and we must be
prepared to prove first to
ourselves, then to all the world,
our worthiness of this high
honor." Annie M. Knott,
1915
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Significance
of the
Wilderness
".
. . The very place where the
sense of difficult environment,
unhappiness, disease, or
loneliness seems to be is really
filled with the presence of God;
. . ." Dorothy Mary Hutchings,
1928
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Signs
of the
Times
"Most medical men are agreed that
seventy-five percent of the cases
of influenza they have recently
attended have been directly
induced by fear."
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Signs
of the
Times
"The firm confidence of the
Christian is well illustrated by
a conversation that occurred a
short time ago between a young
man whose father had just died
and an acquaintance who was
endeavoring to comfort his
sorrowing heart."
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Signs
of the
Times
"If you insist on locating
heaven according to the teaching
of Jesus, then heaven is where
God is, but we must have heaven
in the heart or we shall not find
it anywhere . . ."
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Signs
of the
Times
"Christianity has in it one idea
that makes it quite distinct from
the others. Christianity affirms
that the main gateway to God is
through love."
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Signs
of the
Times
". . . The measure of your
God consciousness is the measure
of your reality, the measure of
your freedom, the measure of your
service to the world, the measure
of your ability to be well,
sound, sane, and
efficient."
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Signs
of the
Times
"The church must give evidence of
being something more than a
temperance society, civic
federation, or association for
human elevation and betterment if
it is to justify its claim that
it is the representative of the
teachings, ministration, life,
and divine power of Christ
Jesus."
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Signs
of the
Times
"The secret of living happily and
effectively is not in externals;
it is not in possessions and
environment, in clothes and
furnishings and the tools of
living. It is in the attitude of
the mind toward life. It is in
what we think."
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Signs
of the
Times
"'If physical disease is God's
will and desire, why did Christ,
who came to do His will, fight
against it and heal the
sick?'"
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Signs
of the
Times
"In a recent sermon prelude, the
Rev. George Laughton dealt with
the question: 'Should the law
compel Christian Scientists and
others, who do not believe in
academic medicine, to employ a
physician or to use
antitoxin?'"
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"The
simplicity that is in
Christ"
"When Paul saw the Christians of
his day in danger of being turned
aside from the clear and simple
teaching he had given them, he
warned them to beware, 'lest by
any means, . . . your minds
should be corrupted from the
simplicity that is in Christ,' to
a vain boastfulness which would
glory in its own supposed grasp
of spiritual things." Ella W.
Hoag, 1922
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Sincerity
"The word 'sincere' is such a
common one, so frequently
employed in correspondence and
elsewhere in a purely formal way,
that we are likely to lose sight
of its deep significance."
Willard M. Grimes,
1922
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The
Single
Eye
"No divided purpose has ever been
brought to perfect fulfillment.
No aspiration can win its desired
heights except the eye be kept
single to its exalted demands."
Ella W. Hoag, 1919
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Singleness
of
Vision
"When Jesus was journeying for
the last time to Jerusalem, he
saw that evil was about to nail
him to the cross, but he saw also
the resurrection." Elizabeth Earl
Jones, 1907
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Skepticism
"If we take the character and
experiences of Thomas as
typifying a common phase of human
belief, we may be able to see how
material sense retards progress
until the Christ-wisdom
illuminates such thought so that
it becomes transparent enough for
the light of Truth to shine
through." Annie M. Knott,
1906
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Soldiers
and
Devoutness
"Students of Christian Science
can never think of the men who
are serving the country, whether
in camp or on the battlefield, as
other than the highest type of
men, whose deepest needs and
desires are moral and spiritual,
in brief, as our brothers." Annie
M. Knott, 1918
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Soldiers
of
Liberty
"To accomplish his holy mission
each soldier in the army of the
Lord must be hourly faithful to
his spiritual guard duty.
Hundreds of times a day he must
challenge such mental enemies as
belief in material selfhood, fear
of evil, love of ease." M. Ethel
Whitcomb, 1918
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Some
had Ears to
Hear
"An article was prepared on
Christian Science by one of the
leading ministers of this place,
and it was read before the
ministers of the Orthodox
Churches who had met to hear it
and to discuss Christian
Science." James Hightower,
1901
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Something
for a
Beginner
"The truth about God and man,
intelligently brought to bear
upon any situation, is what
constitutes a Christian Science
treatment." Louise Wheatley Cook
Hovnanian, 1919
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Sonship
"The apostle says: 'Because ye
are sons, God hath sent forth the
Spirit of his Son into your
hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Wherefore thou art no more a
servant, but a son.' Shall we,
then, let material sense keep
from us the privileges, the joys,
and the infinite outlook of
sonship in divine Science?" Annie
M. Knott, 1913
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Sons
of
God
"An early step in the effort to
gain some adequate grasp of the
true significance of these
momentous words should be to
inquire who are 'we' whom John
declared to be the sons of God.
Surely not mortals, for mortals
partake of qualities so unlike
the divine that by no possibility
could the handiwork of God be
confused with objects so
transitory." Albert F. Gilmore,
1927
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"Sound
Doctrine"
"The truth itself can never be
perverted, but even sincere
seekers may be turned aside by
shallow and specious arguments,
though these can never really
mislead the diligent student of
our Leaders writings, which
are strictly in accord with the
teachings of the Bible." Annie M.
Knott, 1916
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Spirit's
Alchemy
". . . The All-perfect does not
beget or perpetuate anything
imperfect, incomplete, or which
fails to express His own nature
and character. The divine Being
expresses Himself perfectly in
existence and perpetuity."
Charles V. Winn, 1923
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Spirit's
Characterization
"The true man, therefore, is
always 'the expressed image' of
'infinite Mind,' manifesting the
very 'character' of the 'most
High.'" Irving C. Tomlinson,
1913
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Spirit's
Plumbline
"Now, it is all very well for us
to congratulate ourselves on the
possession of God's exact
Science; it is all very well for
us to talk much of the letter of
this Science, declaring its
statements with great gusto; it
is all very well to say: In
Science things are thus and so;
but it is quite another matter to
prove these statements to be the
truth." Ella W. Hoag,
1923
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Spiritual
Abundance
"'The only will of God is good
will, even the will that we
should always have everything
that we need, at all times,
wherever we may be." Robert
Stanley Ross, 1924
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Spiritual
Ascendancy
"'Here a little, and there a
little,' characterizes the
process whereby spiritual truth
is laid hold of; and yet, as
spiritual truth gains the
ascendancy in thought, definite
progress is made in the
destruction of false belief."
Albert F. Gilmore,
1927
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Spiritual
Communion
"All the material bread and wine
on earth, if eaten and drank in
the firm belief that it
symbolized the body and blood of
Christ, would not bring us one
step nearer God, or make us in a
single particular more
Christlike." Joseph Armstrong,
1893
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Spiritual
Discernment
"No student of Christian Science
would deny that in order to
attain the best results in
healing, the clearest spiritual
discernment is needed." Annie M.
Knott, 1919
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Spiritual
Discernment
"At the present juncture the best
human concepts of the spiritual
idea that are abroad in the world
must be protected against the
ruthless assaults and clandestine
plottings of modern Pharisaism,
which invokes the blessing of
Deity on a propaganda of hatred
and hypocrisy carried on in
defiance of the accepted canons
of civilization." Frank H.
Sprague, 1918
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Spiritual
Equipment
"The essential need for spiritual
armor and weapons, also for
unceasing watchfulness, is shown
to be a constant requirement of
humanity at all times, until the
belief in a mind separate from
God, good, and wholly unlike
Truth and Love, is proved
powerless." Annie M. Knott,
1917
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Spiritual
Knowledge
"It is the eager desire for
knowledge which lifts men above
the narrow limits of physical
sense and points the way to purer
pleasures; and the time has come
when, through Christian Science,
the understanding of God, divine
Principle, is being recognized as
the only way by which anything
can be understood aright." Annie
M. Knott, 1906
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Spiritual
Man
Incorporeal
"If we could but realize always
that the true sense of God and
man alone can liberate us, and
help us to free others from the
oppressive bondage of belief in a
material body with all its false
pleasures and pains, we would
never consent to the error of
trying to link it to the
spiritual idea." Annie M. Knott,
1913
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Spiritual
Power
". . . In the nineteenth century
comes Christian Science to reveal
the Truth to those who are
willing to see it, who are
willing to accept it, who are
willing to live it, who are
willing to be made 'new
creatures,' who are willing to
become 'Sons of God,' who are
willing to 'walk, not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit.'
John B. Hough, 1894
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The
Spiritual
Sanctuary
"The advent of Christ Jesus
gradually brought a changed
concept of the sanctuary; for he
said that the kingdom of heaven
is within us, clearly setting
forth the great spiritual fact
that God is with all those who
understandingly recognize His
presence." Samuel Frederick
Swantees, 1929
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Spiritual
Supply
"We once thought that supply
referred mainly to material
things, but our Leader has shown
us that the true sense of
substance is found in the
understanding of Life, Truth,
Love . . ." Lilian Galarneau,
1913
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Spiritual
Uplift
"What is spiritual uplift? It is
the exalted sense resulting from
gaining some measure of the Mind
of Christ the state of
thought which comes from
transforming consciousness,
perhaps only slightly, from a
material to a spiritual basis."
Albert F. Gilmore,
1927
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Spiritual
Vision
"In so far as the student of
Christian Science understands
that man as God's idea is
coexistent with God, the divine
Principle of all, and obeys God's
loving behests, just so far can
he prove the omnipotence,
omniscience, and omnipresence of
the divine Mind." Matilda J.
Hoffman, 1919
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Spiritual
Warfare and
Victory
"In Revelation John speaks of the
'prayers of saints' in a way
which emphasizes the great
importance he ascribes to these
prayers, and the glorious results
he considers they have
accomplished and will
accomplish." John Ellis Sedman,
1920
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Springtime
Thoughts
"All of us, at some time, reach a
place in our earthly experience
where materiality utterly fails
us, and we wander wearily 'as
sheep which have no shepherd.'
Finally, humility companions with
us, and we turn to God." Mildred
M. Palmer, 1924
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Steadfastness
in
Faith
"In a testimony which recently
appeared in the Christian Science
Sentinel, the testifier stated
that a serious claim of sickness
had been worked upon by a
faithful practitioner for two
years without the slightest
outward evidence of improvement.
Then suddenly, as out of a clear
sky, perfect healing was
experienced." Albert F. Gilmore,
1927
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On
Steadying the
Ark
"On page 84 of 'Retrospection and
Introspection' Mrs. Eddy writes:
'The opinions of men cannot be
substituted for God's revelation.
In times past, arrogant pride, in
attempting to steady the ark of
Truth, obscured even the power
and glory of the Scriptures,
to which Science and
Health is the Key.'" Clara Miller
Geiger, 1937
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"The
stone which the builders
rejected"
"Christian Scientists have become
quite familiar with the argument
that healing by spiritual means
is not a vital element of
religion; indeed some people
insist that it is wrong to
attempt it, although it was
practised by Christ Jesus and his
apostles." Annie M. Knott,
1916
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Stronger
than
Armies
"The seriousness of the mounting
claims of materialism is forcing
men to seek a spiritual means of
preservation, which is found only
in the Word of God." Buelah May
Booth, 1943
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Study
References (1st and 2nd
Coming)
". . . The beast bowed before the
Lamb: it was supposed to have
fought the manhood of God, that
Jesus represented; but it fell
before the womanhood of God, that
presented the highest ideal of
Love." From the Bible and Mrs.
Eddy's Writings
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Substance
"It does not require any
very exhaustive study of the New
Testament to recognize that
throughout its pages the endeavor
is persistently made to instruct
mankind as to the true nature of
substance." The Christian
Science Monitor,
1919
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Success
"Being the most scientific, it
follows of course that Jesus was
also the most successful man, and
this is appreciated when his
achievements are reviewed. He
overcame the three great enemies
of mankind; namely, sin, disease,
and death, and all real success
lies along the same lines."
Lawrence Thompson,
1919
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Sunday
School Notes and
Comments
"It goes without saying that
Christian Science never could
originate with a human being. God
had to select His chosen vessel
and reveal Christian Science to
Mrs. Eddy just as He revealed His
nature as the Almighty to
Abraham." Bliss Knapp,
1939
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Sunday
School Work
Progressive
"Our great need is to know the
Bible better, love it more, and
practise its teachings through
the spiritual illumination gained
from Science and Health." Annie
M. Knott, 1916
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Supply
"It seems almost strange that
through all the ages men have
looked upon senseless matter as
the source of supply as well as
the supply itself." Ella W. Hoag,
1924
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Supply
"A student was once at the point
of having her little all of
material property swept away. The
most of one night she spent in
prayer over it. Sleep fled; while
a strong desire to keep the
property, and a great fear of
losing it, struggled with the
arguments of Spirit's allness."
Edith L. Woodmansee,
1923
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Supply
and
Demand
"We learn in Christian Science
that man created in God's own
image is never the victim of
unjust economic laws, for he
lives in obedience to God's
spiritual law of abundant supply.
God's creation depends upon Him
for its maintenance,
enlightenment, and joy, and all
these He invariably supplies."
Katherine English,
1936
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"The
suppositional
world"
"Christian Science is freeing the
race from its belief in and fear
of evil by making plain the truth
that evil is never actual but
always suppositional." John Ellis
Sedman, 1918
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"The
Supremacy of
Spirit"
"To go on for a lifetime
repeating the words 'supremacy of
Spirit' while nine tenths of that
lifetime was given up to proving
the exact opposite, namely the
supremacy of matter in our lives,
was a poor way to embody living
force and practical faith in the
words we professed to believe."
The Christian Science
Monitor, 1919
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Symbols
"Error would arrest our attention
with symbols of evil, or by
misinterpreting the types of
spiritual ideas presented in
nature and making them seem
material; but Truth rebukes all
falsity by revealing the real
with its unvarying demand for
perfection, which means health,
harmony, and immortality." Annie
M. Knott, 1913
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Sympathy
in Christian
Science
"'What was the effect upon you,
mentally and physically, when you
used to rehearse to your friends
the details of your sickness,
your symptoms and sufferings?'"
Louise Delisle Radzinski,
1903
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Taking
the Long Look at
Life
"We can find harmony or heaven
only by living love and
cultivating the graces of Spirit.
Happiness can come to us only as
our understanding of Life is
improved." Florence Gertrude
Thyng, 1925
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Taking
the Side of
Spirit
"Many a mortal has reached the
limit of his mortal endurance
only to find divine Love waiting
to show him how to take the side
of Spirit and to begin to lose
his weakness and his woes in the
newly awakened spiritual sense of
eternal strength and living joy."
Nellie B. Mace, 1925
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Temples
"The faithful student of
Christian Science does not allow
his thought to linger long about
the body, because he has learned
the deep import of our Leader's
words on page 261 of Science and
Health: 'Look away from the body
into Truth and Love, the
Principle of all happiness,
harmony, and immortality.'" Annie
M. Knott, 1917
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Testimony
Begotten of Divine
Assurance
"The world is flooded with
teaching, practice, and
literature which are fatal
adulterations of the Truth, yet
purporting to be genuine." Mary
W. Munroe, 1887
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Testing
Times
"In the epistle to the Hebrews we
are told many times of the tests
imposed upon the humanity of
Christ Jesus, each one higher
than the last and more conclusive
in its results for the whole
race. It is no doubt difficult
for us to recognize the element
of joy in our testing times, but
unless we do, the trial of our
strength is apt to be prolonged
and the final result may even
seem uncertain." Annie M. Knott,
1916
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Thanksgiving
"As Christian Scientists we see
that the greatness of any people
depends absolutely upon their
recognition of Divine power and
their obedience to Divine law."
Annie M. Knott, 1907
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Thanksgiving
"The true Thanksgiving then comes
to those who can thank God for
every opportunity to prove His
presence and allness in spite of
any and all the suppositional
arguments which material sense
may claim to present." Ella W.
Hoag, 1919
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Theology
"'Any one who takes the slightest
interest in the history of the
Christian church and the faith
once delivered to the saints, may
discover without much effort how
the church has been corrupted and
how the religion of Jesus has
been misrepresented.'" Judge
Hanna, 1898
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The
Theology of
Jesus
"The
theology of Jesus makes
tremendous demands upon Christian
Scientists. We who profess to
understand and demonstrate Jesus'
teaching with the 'signs
following' can never for an
instant forget that it is his
theology that heals the sick and
sinning!" Ella W. Hoag,
1927
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"There
is no connection between a lie
and
Truth"
". . .
From
no possible point of view is it
correct to say that a lie is
always a lie about something.
Hence I repeat that absolutely it
is not possible to lie about
Truth, and relatively it is not
possible to talk about evil at
all without telling a lie about a
lie."
Judge Hanna, 1917
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"There
is no
death!"
"O Death! At home they call it
death / And sit and weep
because they think / Their sons
beloved are slain, / And they are
left alone / To mourn their
dead." Mary Lloyd McConnel,
1918
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The
Third
Commandment
"The name Christian Scientist is
a sacred title to bear, a title
to make one constantly prayerful,
constantly on guard, constantly
ready to reflect the light,
constantly ready to demonstrate
good in daily living." Eunice F.
Maurer, 1922
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"Thou
art
there"
"In the Psalms we read these
assuring lines: 'Whither shall I
go from thy spirit? or whither
shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou
art there: if I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there.'"
Maud Tillery Trumbo,
1918
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Thought
and
Thinking
"Most people are agreed that to
think means to live, but not so
many are aware that right
thinking leads to eternal life,
with all that this implies in the
way of present blessedness."
Annie M. Knott, 1914
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"Thy
will be
done."
"In a state of vision, or
wakefulness, I cannot tell which,
I saw floating over my head four
words: 'Thy will be done.'" L. H.
P, 1885
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"Thy
will be
done"
"As a man lets God's will be done
in his experience, he escapes
from the seeming rule of evil,
and comes into the conscious
realization of the power of
divine Principle to protect and
deliver." The Christian
Science Monitor,
1918
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"Thy
will be
done"
"Who would think of fearing that
which he knew could bring him
only perfect happiness? Yet
perfect happiness is what our
Father-Mother, Love, has in store
for each one of us." F. Edith
Hill, 1925
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The
Time for
Thinkers
"Many have been the deceivers and
the deceived because no
invariable standard was accepted
whereby it could be decided as to
which thoughts were true and
which were false." Ella W. Hoag,
1923
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Timely
Thoughts
"The anti-scientist has always
taught that the seen and the
unreal are the real, when the
Scriptures affirm that the unseen
is the real and eternal." Hanover
P. Smith, 1883
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Today
"The Psalmist writes, 'This is
the day which the Lord hath made;
we will rejoice and be glad in
it.' Is not this what we all long
to do rejoice in each new
day as it is unfolded to us?"
Herman Campbell Blye,
1929
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Toleration
"In opposing error, wherever
found, it should be done with the
greatest love and forbearance
toward individuals." Lanson P.
Norcross, 1892
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The
Transcendentalism of Christian
Science
"To be a true Christian
transcendentalist is to have such
an abiding conviction of the
power and presence of infinite
Spirit, that our very mental
atmosphere shall radiate healing
and inspiration as spontaneously
as a rose exhales its fragrance
or the sun emits its light." Sue
Harper Mims, 1905
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Transformation
"In direct line with this
teaching of the Master we find
St. Paul saying, 'Be ye
transformed by the renewing of
your mind,' and in this statement
we have a hint of both process
and result." Annie M. Knott,
1915
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The
"Travail of my
Soul"
"The class included many highly
cultured people, all more or less
conversant with the rudiments of
Christian Science; while I, a
sailor, with only a seaman's
knowledge of the world, and no
faintest inkling of the field to
be opened up before me, felt very
much out of place indeed.
However, God had called me there,
and I had long since been
schooled to say: 'Thy will be
done.'" Joseph Eastaman,
1892
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Treasure
Seekers
"For
long years, centuries,
perhaps, human interest
has been awakened by rumors of
buried treasures awaiting the
adventurer's quest on land, or
perchance in the depths of the
sea, where some gold-laden vessel
had gone down in storm or calm."
Annie M. Knott, 1925
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The
Trial of
Jesus
"Now come to us newspaper reports
of the recent finding of a plate
evidently similar to this one,
containing an exact copy of the
death warrant above mentioned,
and setting forth in detail an
account of the trial of Jesus
before Pontius Pilate." Judge
Hanna, 1896
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True
Ambition
"Christian Science teaches the
child as well as the adult to
seek perfection in every
undertaking, but tells him at the
same time that he should desire
that his brother do the same."
Ella W. Hoag, 1919
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True
Compassion
"In studying the character of
Jesus of Nazareth no quality is
found more prominent than the
compassion with which he dealt
with mankind at all times and
under all circumstances." Gladys
C. Fulton, 1922
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A
True Conception of
God
"Do Christian Scientists believe
in God? This question is often
asked us, and the reason for
asking it is said to be that the
inquirer has been told we do not
believe in God. A Christian
Scientist being once asked this
question replied, 'Why I believe
in nothing else.'" Judge Hanna,
1893
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True
Consciousness
". . . The realization of the one
Mind has brought healing to many
who were under sentence of
impending death, according to
medical opinion, when like a
flash of light they saw that God
is Mind and also Life, and then
they were glad to respond to the
high demand of Science to 'give
to Mind the glory, honor,
dominion, and power everlastingly
due its holy name' (Science and
Health, p. 143)." Annie M. Knott,
1912
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True
Education
". . . We should hold firmly to
the prime truth that good men and
good women are the safety of
society; that in no form of
government is civic righteousness
so essential as in a democracy
where the rulers are the people
whose individual rectitude must
determine the collective morality
of the state and the standards of
public ethics."
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True
Equality
"For centuries human beings have
been struggling for equality.
They have always believed that
there should be equality of
rights, equality of opportunity,
equality of privilege, and have
been always crying out against
the injustices and limitations
which human existence has seemed
to present." Ella W. Hoag,
1920
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The
True
Fast
"Christian Science, then places
the whole question of fasting on
a purely spiritual basis." Albert
F. Gilmore, 1922
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True
Interpretation
". . . We who are trying to guide
our lives by the understanding of
God as revealed in the Bible and
in the writings of our dear
Leader, remember what she tells
us on page 320 of Science and
Health; namely, 'The one
important interpretation of
Scripture is the spiritual;' and
when reading Old Testament
stories, the most important part
is to learn the lesson they have
to teach each one of us." Jessie
Bennett, 1918
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The
True
Law
"Christianity in its early
experience found its path of
progress swarming about with
those who would present a
counterfeit gospel." Arthur R.
Vosburgh, 1895
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True
Sacrifice
"From the beginning of time,
mankind, in the realization of
their sins against God, have
recognized that in some way the
sense of separation from God
brought about by these
sins must be overcome, and
they have always glimpsed the
fact that this could only be done
by some form of sacrifice on
their part; or in other words, by
their giving up of something,
although they did not know
exactly what that something might
be." Ella W. Hoag,
1919
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True
Supply
"The sense of lack of supply is
not necessarily limited to
finance, for every problem can be
traced to some phase of this
belief. It may present itself as
a lack of intelligence, a lack of
health, or a lack of the right
idea needed to readjust our
business." Alex L. Walker,
1922
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True
Sympathy
"True sympathy, then, as
understood in Christian Science,
is love tenderly descending to
the human sense of need and
lifting it into a consciousness
of the infinite goodness of God."
Elizabeth Earl Jones,
1913
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"The
true
thinker"
"Sincerity, mental elasticity,
humility, and teachableness are
characteristics of the true
thinker; consequently the adult
who has grown proud of his
opinions must regain
childlikeness, before he can
become a thinker or understand
Truth." John Ellis Sedman,
1919
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True
Worship
"True worship leads thought
straight to the understanding of
God. Because it denies matter the
slightest semblance of reality,
it lifts vision to the cognition
of God and His infinite allness
as the only presence, substance,
and creator, thus precluding the
possibility of another reality,
named matter." Albert F. Gilmore,
1927
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Trust
and
Foresight
"It is apparent that trust in
divine Love and wisdom is
especially needed when the senses
testify to darkness, doubt, and
danger, but mortal mind
characterizes such trust as folly
and would punish, if it could,
the one who, like Moses, endures
'as seeing him who is
invisible.'" Annie M. Knott,
1915
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Truth
and
Truthfulness
"To realize the power of Truth,
we must ourselves be truthful in
thought, word, and deed. We must
know the truth about God and man,
and hold to it unswervingly,
whatever the opposing evidence.
The more we do this, the surer
will be the uncovering of the
error which would defeat the
divine purpose." Annie M. Knott,
1914
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Truth's
Power
"That which was true 'when the
morning stars sang together, and
all the sons of God shouted for
joy,' is just as true today, and
when we know it, we can do no
less than give utterance to our
joy." Annie M. Knott,
1916
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Truth's
Sustaining
Power
"What a blessing to know that it
is impossible for a man to be in
any conceivable circumstance
where God cannot help him,
because if we do think this we
are believing in a power opposed
to God." Reginald Lavery,
1917
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Truth's
Triumph over Fear and
Unbelief
"Christian Science reverses the
ordinary human estimate of fear
by insisting that fear can be
avoided; that it can be
conquered; that the one
expressing it is responsible for
his acceptance or indulgence of
it." Ella W. Hoag,
1927
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Truth
Telling Destroys
Evil
"To forestall error and forewarn
humanity of evil is a
compassionate work. It is as if
one saw his neighbor's house on
fire, and gave the alarm that
saved it." Charles Daniel
Reynolds, 1918
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Truth
the Basis of True
Knowledge
"It is clear to Christian
Scientists that evil never
develops into good; nor does
matter merge into Spirit. This
Jesus showed by the parable of
the tares and wheat." Mary E.
Simpson, 1919
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Trying
and
Doing
"One of the meanings of the verb
to try is to attempt, or to put
forth an effort, and it is simply
astonishing how often trying is
made to take the place in human
experience of actual doing."
Annie M. Knott, 1916
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The
Turning Point of World War
II
"Not
only is it incumbent upon us to
be obedient to her revelation,
but it is of utmost importance
that we see her in her true light
as the woman of prophecy,
the woman 'clothed with the sun,'
as she is described in the
Apocalypse."
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Two
Trees
"There are two trees mentioned in
the second chapter of Genesis
about which mankind as a whole
still seems largely in
ignorance." Ella W. Hoag,
1924
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Unbelief
Cast
Out
"Early in his experience the
student of Christian Science
learns that he is not expected to
accept blindly any statement,
whether religious or secular, but
must apply to it the inexorable
test of Principle. He thus sees
that nothing material can ever
furnish positive evidence of
reality, indeed that such
evidence is of value only when
scientifically corrected." Annie
M. Knott, 1918
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Unceasing
Progress
"In no other respect perhaps is
watchfulness more needed than in
the effort to progress steadily.
Intermittent activity will do
very little toward enabling us to
reach the goal." Annie M. Knott,
1916
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Understanding
"In Proverbs we read that
understanding 'is more precious
than rubies,' and that 'all the
things thou canst desire are not
to be compared unto her.'" Annie
M. Knott, 1913
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"An
Understanding
Heart"
"When God said to Solomon, 'Ask
what I shall give thee,' Solomon
replied, 'Give . . . thy servant
an understanding heart, . . .
that I may discern between good
and bad.'" Ella W. Hoag,
1925
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Unfoldment
of the Divine
Idea
"As the true concept of God is
scientifically understood, we
come to measure ourselves and
others by a new standard." Annie
M. Knott, 1906
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Unreality
Imagination
"A wise Christian Science
practitioner would never tell a
patient that his sufferings were
the result of his imagination,
but, recognizing his bondage to
the law of mortal belief and his
ignorance of the divine law and
its activity, would gently and
compassionately lift his thought
to a recognition of his true
being which is consciously
governed by infinite Love, hence
is not subject to sickness or
sin." Dora M. Knapp,
1902
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Unselfed
Love
"As yet the world is liable to
sneer at unselfishness and
honesty; but in the judgment of
God nothing is more certain than
that the time is approaching when
these qualities will be greatly
honored." Samuel Frederick
Swantees, 1924
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An
Unswerving
Purpose
"God is always at hand supplying
not only the perfect purpose but
the understanding to maintain it
unswervingly." Ella W. Hoag,
1922
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The
US and Great
Britain
"The two flags will float side by
side in a deeper unity than that
of fleshly ties. They will float
as the unified emblem of a
brotherly love as broad as the
teaching of the great Nazarene.
They will stand as the signal for
the restoration of Israel. They
will herald the dawning of the
millennium."
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The
Veil Spread Over All
Nations
"To God no one is ever dead, for
Christian Science makes it clear
that God, infinite Mind, sees
always His own reflection, which
can never include
death."
Annie M. Knott, 1919
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A
Visit to Mrs. Eddy's
Memorial
"It was a glorious June
afternoon, and the mission of
Christian Science with its
profound meaning was uppermost in
the thoughts of the Scientists,
each of whom had been greatly
blessed in some hour of need by
the application of this healing
truth." Mary Hatch Harrison,
1919
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The
Voice of
God
"Since God is Mind and Mind is
good, we can only know God
through His good thoughts; we
therefore hear His voice when we
discern His thoughts." Ella W.
Hoag, 1924
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On
Walking by
Faith
"The great majority of
earths inhabitants today
follow the lead of the material
scientist, who proclaims matter
as reality, material law as the
only law, and truth as relating
only to materiality or its
subjective state, the so-called
mortal mind. These materialists
utterly refuse to accept as true
any proposition which does not
come within the compass of
physical sense." Albert F.
Gilmore, 1927
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The
Wanderings of
Abraham
"According to 'Science and
Health,' the word Abraham
signifies fidelity, faith
in the Divine Life and Eternal
Principle of Being." Frank Mason,
1887
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War
"It ought to be clear that all
the safety and security which we
enjoy, we owe to the measure of
truth and love which is expressed
in the world's thought." Annie M.
Knott, 1905
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Warfare,
True and
False
"Readers of the Bible are apt to
overlook the fact that although
the idea of peace figures largely
therein, a great deal is also
said about warfare." Annie M.
Knott, 1917
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Watch
and
Pray
"Daniel's victory over the lions
was not the sudden triumph of a
day, but it was the result of
many days of faithful prayer . .
." Ethel Munro Goss,
1919
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The
Way Out of
Loneliness
"Have you, from a human point of
view, ever been really lonely,
desolate, solitary, 'having no
hope, and without God in the
world,' longing to get away from
yourself and from your thoughts?"
G. Henry Brumell, 1920
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The
Way Out of
Self-seeking
"Through all time men have
struggled to gain personal good
for themselves, only to see what
they imagined to be yet higher
objects ahead, and, pursuing
them, have finally acknowledged
that they have won little if any
real satisfaction from their
efforts." Ella W. Hoag,
1925
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The
Wayshower
"A study of all that our Leader
says in the textbook and her
other writings under the head of
Wayshower, which can readily be
found in the concordances, will
throw a flood of light over the
subject we are considering. Such
a study gives clearer views of
Jesus as the human guide and
Christ as the divine Leader."
Judge Hanna, 1917
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The
Way to True
Happiness
"Now if we will only turn our
gaze and thoughts Godward,
absolutely, we shall awake from
our dream of sin, sickness, and
death to the beautiful realities
of being, and know God
Good as our life, our
health, our strength, our joy;
and as Love, love that sustains,
comforts, blesses its own idea,
man, and brings joy
and happiness that is eternal."
Jeannette R. Goodman,
1900
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Weathering
the
Storm
"The student of the Bible first
sees all this as picturesque
description of events happening
to others; but ere long discerns
that the psalmist is graphically
explaining life, and calling upon
all of us to praise God for His
goodness to the children of men."
William P. McKenzie,
1920
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What
God
Creates
"It is often seen in Christian
Science that destructive insects
and other vermin disappear when
the divine creation is understood
and declared; or else they cease
to be troublesome, and this
proves man's dominion over all
that is beneath him, and surely
points to dominion over his own
body." Annie M. Knott,
1909
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"What
think ye of
Christ?"
"For long centuries mortals have
been asking their fellowmen what
they thought concerning Christ,
whether they accepted the dogmas
of some particular church or
denied them." Annie M. Knott,
1928
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"Where
is your
faith?"
"There seems to be no lack of
faith; in fact, it is amazing how
much faith people seem to have.
But where is it placed? If it is
in matter or in the so-called
human mind it is misplaced, and
is not the faith that saves."
Katherine English,
1922
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Wherewithal
Shall We be
Fed?
"Our Leaders words, 'May
thought soar' (The First Church
of Christ, Scientist, and
Miscellany, p. 131), should
inspire us to rise above the
material and find in divine Love
all we can ask or desire." Annie
M. Knott, 1915
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Who
and What is
Right?
"It was Judas, not John, who by
his infamy and treason hastened
on the glorification of our Lord.
History repeats itself."
1885
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Who
Shall Be
Greatest?
"No really great man ever worked
for himself alone. He was far
more interested in solving a
worthy problem than in any direct
results it might have upon his
fortune, his fame, or anything
connected with himself." M. G.
Kains, 1912
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Why
Should We
Love?
". . . It takes love to make us
happy, to make us harmonious; it
takes love to make us good
companions, to constitute true
friendship; and it takes love to
heal sickness and to overcome sin
in ourselves or others." William
E. M. McCune, 1901
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Winter:
A Type of
Life
"Prophecy points to heat as the
agent of earth's final
destruction. 'The elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth
also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up.'" Zoe
Seymour Loveland, 1889
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Wisdom
and
Wealth
"It is undeniable that all men
desire wealth, but it is
questionable whether all desire
wisdom; yet rightly understood
they are inseparable." Annie M.
Knott, 1932
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Withdrawal
"The student of the New Testament
must needs be impressed with the
frequency with which Jesus
withdrew from the crowd,
sometimes even from the immediate
society of his disciples, to
commune with God, and thereby to
refresh himself at the infinite
fountain of divine inspiration."
Albert F. Gilmore,
1925
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"Without
material
accompaniments"
"All that the human mind knows of
its so-called material world is
the picture it forms of phenomena
which are themselves subjective
states of the human mind." Nellie
B. Mace, 1918
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The
Woman in
Boston
". . . All through the years
following, the question would
come up, What has become of that
'woman in Boston?'" Jean Hudgens
Rome, 1896
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The
Word
Declared
"Following Moses, there came the
long line of leaders and
prophets, emphasizing, in their
degree of understanding, the
truth about man, and crying out
against the teachings, the
customs, and the sins of their
times; recognizing, one and all,
that a fact must be declared, to
be established, and working to
that end through denunciation,
encouragement, exhortation,
rebuke, exalted example, praise,
and prophecy." Blanche Hersey
Hogue, 1905
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The
Word is with
Power
"All Christian Scientists are
most deeply interested in this
power of the Word, and all are
longing to understand and
demonstrate it perfectly." Ella
W. Hoag, 1925
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The
"Word" that
Heals
"When the Master offered to go
with him, the centurion declared
he was not worthy of such honor;
'but,' said he, 'speak the word
only, and my servant shall be
healed.'" Annie M. Knott,
1916
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Working
for
God
"Every Christian Scientist knows
what it is to have a Bible verse,
a line from one of the hymns, or
a passage from one of Mrs. Eddy's
writings come to him over and
over, just seeming to sing itself
into the thought, even when the
person is busy with other
things." Katherine E. Varga,
1918
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The
World's Great
Need
"Humanity is waking up and
beginning to think. In this
testing time of each nation's
history old things are passing
away, all that is false and
insubstantial is melting in the
fervent heat of purifying fires.
Then let us rejoice, even in the
midst of tribulation." Louise
Wheatley Cook Hovnanian,
1918
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Worldly
Pleasures
". . . The things of sense, one
after another, cease to allure,
as spiritual realities are
recognized and begin to take
their rightful place in human
consciousness." Annie M. Knott,
1910
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WWI
Relief Work in
France
"One is reminded how easily
healing was accomplished when the
early Christians voiced the truth
about God and man." Agnes
Chalmers, 1918
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