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The Sabbath
Children in Christian Science Sunday schools are taught to love and obey the commandments, because every one feels that an obedient child will become a worthy man or woman. Hence Christian Scientists, whether children or adults, endeavor to be obedient to God's law in every smallest way, and so to serve Him as to become themselves more godlike. The fourth commandment begins with this simple statement: "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy," yet even well-meaning people are sometimes puzzled to know just what is intended to be conveyed by this command.
Recently a Christian Scientist was asked: "Why do you consider it wrong to go to places of amusement on Sunday, if you consider these places fit to attend on a week-day? Is not every day a Sabbath in the light of the true law?" The answer was that it may be no more right to attend these places on a week-day than on Sunday, when we consider that only as we rise above all worldliness do we advance toward that perfection which Christ Jesus demanded of his followers; but inasmuch as mankind has not yet reached this point, mortals may be helped to reach it more quickly by keeping one day of the seven free from the business or so-called pleasures of the world.
Our endeavor should be to bring each week-day up to a Sabbath standard, rather than to bring the Sabbath down to a week-day level. In so doing we get closer to God, infinite Mind, as it was intended we should do when the day was called "the sabbath of the Lord thy God." On page 517 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says: "Man is not made to till the soil. His birthright is dominion, not subjection." This seems to imply that man's true activity is not that of mere physical labor, but is mental and spiritual.
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May 12, 1917 issue
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Human Need Supplied
E. MARY RAMSAY
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Time and Eternity
THORWALD SIEGFRIED
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The Sabbath
LAURA R. JOSLIN
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Kinship with Nature
ETHEL MUNRO GOSS
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"Beside all waters"
FRANK A. UPDEGRAFF
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An Incident
S. WINIFRED WILEY
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Joy Spiritual
KATHERINE E. VARGA
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Uplifted Desire
AIMEE LUNDGREN
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The Express published a letter in which the following...
Robert S. Ross
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While Christian Science most emphatically teaches obedience...
W. Stuart Booth
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An evangelist is quoted as saying, "Christian Science...
Rollin E. Smith
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Speaking of Mrs. Eddy, your reviewer says, "She saw...
Charles W. J. Tennant
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Jesus established Christianity by teaching and preaching...
W. D. Kilpatrick
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In common with all Christian churches the great Methodist...
Henry Van Arsdale
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Light
EDITH L. PERKINS
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The Essence of Democracy
Archibald McLellan
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Letting God Outline
William D. McCrackan
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Rules and Their Application
Annie M. Knott
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The Lectures
with contributions from John B. Coffinberry, Jean A. Flittie, Nash of Ripon, W. B. Keir, Alice B. Taber, Marlin D. Farnum
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My heart is filled with thankfulness to God, and with...
Elise Thompson
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It is with loving gratitude that I offer the following testimony...
E. N. Hamilton with contributions from Addie A. Hamilton
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It is with a heart full of gratitude that I testify to the...
Wilhelmine Schmidt
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Having found Christian Science a present help in time of...
Mary Amelia Harvey
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I should like to testify to a healing experienced through...
Elliott B. Bratt with contributions from Nellie M. Bratt
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Words cannot express my thankfulness to God for Christian Science,...
Florence Nicholson
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I am happy to be able to testify to a marvelous healing...
Charles Bischoff
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During the nine years that I have been a student of Christian Science...
Alice Pattou Baker
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I wish to express my deep gratitude for the many benefits...
Maude A. Williams
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It is with the deepest gratitude for Christian Science...
Mary V. Stoy with contributions from Frances Ridley Havergal
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