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"Watch"
How frequently one hears Christian Scientists emphasize the necessity of obeying Jesus' important and valuable advice, "What I say unto you I say unto all, Watch." Undoubtedly, the most important phase of a Christian Scientist's "watching" is to see that he is not made "to forget nor to neglect his duty to God, to his Leader, and to mankind" (Church Manual, Art. VIII, Sect. 6). The "duty" of a Christian Scientist with respect to his Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, clearly is, not merely to obey the letter of the By-laws of the Church Manual, but to fulfill or carry out as thoroughly and completely as possible every injunction, and to follow every word of advice given by her as closely as possible. At the present moment, there is a special need for every member of The Mother Church to be sure that he is obeying the above-mentioned By-law by complying with our Leader's "desire," clearly set forth on pages 352 and 353 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany."
Might it not be justly said that the Christian Scientist may be tempted to go to sleep or to be put off guard in such a way as to make him least effective, least active in helping mankind to recognize Truth or reality, whereby it may learn to free itself from the fetters of materiality? Our Leader has, perhaps, never emphasized anything more forcibly than the necessity for obedience; and it is certain that no Christian Scientist would consciously or willingly disobey Mrs. Eddy. The remarkable thing, however, is that, at the moment of writing, by no means every Christian Scientist subscribes to The Christian Science Monitor. Yet Mrs. Eddy sent a message to the Christian Scientists, and at the same time to the world, which is recorded on pages 352 and 353 of Miscellany, where she says, "My desire is that every Christian Scientist, and as many others as possible, subscribe for and read our daily newspaper."
Why does our Leader's desire go unheeded to so great an extent? Would it not be reasonable to ask whether, if unable to see the necessity and importance of obedience in one instance, we can be certain that we are obedient in other instances, —that is, with respect to the other words of advice and guidance that Mrs. Eddy has given us, many of them less plainly stated than the "desire" referred to above?
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December 16, 1922 issue
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"Watch"
A. HERVEY-BATHURST
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True Friendship
ETHEL MUNRO GOSS
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Remembering Our Creator
WILLIAM C. HENDERSON
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Power of a Right Decision
ADELL LONERGAN
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Continuance in Well-doing
ELLEN GRAHAM
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God's Messenger
AGNES V. SINZ
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Since you have given circulation to what a critic recently...
Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The Mother Church,
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I am sure you will allow me to state that Christian Science...
Katherine English, Committee on Publication for British Columbia, Canada,
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Christian Scientists the world over are most consistent,...
Harry K. Filler, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio,
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A contributor to your paper makes a very common mistake...
Charles M. Shaw, Committee on Publication for Lancashire, England,
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It may be said that the rule of conduct for Christian Scientists...
W. Stuart Booth, Committee on Publication for the State of Colorado,
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It is not the purpose of the writer to enter into a discussion...
Mrs. Alice T. Caruthers, Committee on Publication for the State of West Virginia,
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In the third chapter of John we find the record of a wonderful...
William Capell, Committee on Publication for the State of Connecticut,
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Christian Science is not "a new brand of optimism." It...
Peter B. Biggins, Committee on Publication for the Province of Alberta, Canada,
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The review which appeared in a recent issue of your...
William C. Brookes, Committee on Publication for the County of Midlothian, Scotland,
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There Is No Night
GEORGIAN EVELYN SMITH
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Justice Kind
Albert F. Gilmore
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Loyalty to God
Ella W. Hoag
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The Mount of Revelation
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Louis S. Adelson, S. H. Collinson, Douglas Roberts, Grace S. Voorhees, Mary Lee Gough, Ethel Putnam
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Love and gratitude for Christian Science impel me to...
Margarete Kolbe
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Out of gratitude for the benefits I have received from...
Ethel Sherriff
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It is just eight years since I began to study Christian Science,...
Marguerite Giovannelli with contributions from Carlo Giovannelli
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As an evidence of the deep sense of gratitude I feel for...
Lillian L. Smith
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A few years ago, I fell from a back porch over five steps...
Christina Elizabeth Pfeiffer
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Although I had received a Christian education, according...
Caroline Godard
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Christian Science was first introduced to me by my...
Charles S. Peel
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A year or two ago an authorized lecturer on Christian Science...
Marjorie C. Mulock
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I wish to express my gratitude for benefits I have received...
P. O. Broadhead
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from R. F. McWilliams, Edward Lyttelton