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ITEMS OF INTEREST
Chief Justice White of the United States supreme court, who announced the decision in the commodities clause of the Hepburn law regulating interstate commerce, said in summing up: "It must be held that, while the right of a railroad company as a stockholder to use its stock ownership for the purpose of a bona fide separate administration of the affairs of a corporation in which it has a stock interest may not be denied, the use of such stock ownership in substances for the purpose of destroying the entity of a producing, etc.
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DOING NOT SAYING

Practice alone can dignify profession.
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The student of the Bible is continually impressed with the spirit of praise, thankfulness, and joyousness manifested by the Scripture characters and which is breathed forth on almost every page of the inspired book.
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WATCH AND PRAY

We read that "the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field;" and today the material cloud or error that hides spiritual realities from mortal sight is often so subtle that we are not only unconscious of its presence, but actually amazed when the error is uncovered.
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OBEDIENCE

It is sometimes remarked that much difficulty is experienced at this date in the government of children, and that Christian Scientists are not awake to their responsibilities in this particular; that parents do not teach their children to obey.
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A WHOLESOME INFLUENCE

A few months ago, as the writer entered a subway car in a large eastern city, he saw a little girl of perhaps eleven years reading in a newspaper of the ultrasensational type the demoralizing details of a trial that was then in progress in the criminal courts.
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TESTED TEXTS

In geometry there are certain fundamental statements recognized as always true, which are called axioms; for instance, "Two parallel lines are always equidistant.
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RESIGNATION

One doth misuse the word who fails to tryTo rise,—stretched prone upon the muddy ground,Tripped by the load which mortal sense has boundUpon his back,—"I am resigned!" his cry.
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The abstract statement "All is Mind and there is no matter" has been extensively elaborated in the Christian Science text-book, in order to make sure that the student understands the subject.
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Christian Science says that there is one first cause, or Principle, of all that really is, and that this first cause is infinite intelligence or Mind; in other words, Spirit, God.
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The critic takes exception to the Christian Science teaching on the subject of atonement, which he says is contrary to the teaching of the Bible and of orthodox theology.
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Because the teachings of Christian Science are contrary to human experience, is it wise to reject them?
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Christian Scientists readily agree that "the purpose of science is to discover truth," but to agree that "the purpose of religion is to help us adapt ourselves to the facts of experience revealed to us through the senses from the world about us," is equivalent to saying that the five personal senses, absolutely unreliable witnesses of matter, are the avenues through which God, Spirit, is revealed to man.
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On page 460 of Science and Health, Mrs.
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I need hardly remind your readers of the fact that while all the evangelical churches take the Bible as the foundation of their doctrines, they differ very widely one from another in the interpretation which they give to various passages of Scripture.
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One may hold communion with the Grand Cañon of the Colorado as with great music; with the monody of the ocean, or with any of those big primitive expressions of the force that moves the universe, whether through man in art or through what we call nature, as God made it.
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JOY IN OBEDIENCE

One of the strong impressions which the visitor to a Christian Science church usually carries away with him, is that of the almost universal expression of happiness on the countenances of these devout "hearers of the word," a happiness that bespeaks an inward peace for which he has an instinctive longing, yet knows not how to attain.
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UNCONSCIOUS MINISTRY

There could be no holier, more beautiful aspiration than the desire that one's unconscious influence over others might become an unvaryingly helpful ministry to them.
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In the brief period between the raising of Lazarus by Christ Jesus and his own crucifixion, he gave some of his most vital teachings, the truth of which had already been proved in his mighty works.
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Ground has been broken for the erection of the new church building for First Church of Christ, Scientist, on the northeast corner of Ninth and Bluff streets.
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THE LECTURES

Bicknell Young delivered a lecture on Christian Science Feb.
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The next admission of candidates will be June 2, 1911.
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Testimony of Healing
Many times, when laboring under a sense of discouragement, an article or testimony in our publications has dispelled the gloom, and I am now adding my testimony in the hope that it may help some other seeker for this glorious truth which makes men free.
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Testimony of Healing
Christian Science has been almost unknown in Finland up to the present time.
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Testimony of Healing
It is with gratitude that I send this testimony of what Christian Science has done for me.
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Testimony of Healing
I am impelled to relate the splendid results of my stay last year in Stuttgart.
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Testimony of Healing
I came into Christian Science about two years ago, through the healing of our little girl, who was three years old at the time she became ill.
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Testimony of Healing
As I look back over the years of human life, I remember the struggle to understand it,—the failures and achievements; the cloudy days, so sad and dreary, the golden days when the very air seemed laden with promises; the winters and summers of restless anxiety, and compassion mingled with disgust for my former self.
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Testimony of Healing
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
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Testimony of Healing
In September, 1908, my sister was healed from a number of afflictions, among which may be mentioned an organic trouble supposed to result from a nervous breakdown.
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Testimony of Healing
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me.
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Testimony of Healing
Four years ago, whooping-cough was prevalent in our neighborhood, and our little daughter played as usual with her companions who were suffering from it.
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Testimony of Healing
Four years ago this past January I had an acute attack of lung trouble, from which I had suffered several times before, always being confined to the bed and taking medicine.
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Testimony of Healing
I wish to express my gratitude to God, and also to our dear Leader, Mrs.
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Testimony of Healing
I became interested in Christian Science thirteen years ago, and accepted it eleven years ago.
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Testimony of Healing
"God is omnipotent, supreme".
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THE MIST DISPELLED

As creeps the mist o'er hill and glenAll silently, and shuts from sightThe sun that cheers the hearts of menAnd makes all nature glad and bright,
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES

[Congregationalist and Christian World.
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The Christian Science Text-Book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
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