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The Golden Rule
Jesus' priceless statement, "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them," has become known as the Golden Rule, and is now recognized as a fundamental law by conscientious Christians in their dealings with others. Most Christians, when practicing this rule, believe they are complying with its requirements fully when it governs their physical activities. Christian Science teaching, however, is making increasingly clear to its students that one's actions are but a part of one's endeavor to practice this rule; that its full requirement demands the closest possible watch over one's thinking, in order always to think of others as we would have others think of us, as well as to act toward them as we would have them act toward us.
As students of Christian Science, we know how important it is to perceive only the truth about all things with which we come in contact in our day-to-day living. Then, how very important and helpful a bearing it would have on our experience, if every individual with whom we had any dealings, or whose thought rested on us at all, would accept as real only the divine idea of man. We would surely prefer such a perfect concept to be held in others' thoughts, rather than the imperfect and materially limited one usually held toward us. It is our duty, as sincere Christian Scientists endeavoring to practice the Golden Rule, persistently to contemplate only the pure and perfect image of the Father, in whom are reflected the God-qualities of justice, wisdom, intelligence, understanding, truth, love, harmonious activity, selflessness, peace, patience, righteous judgment, and so on.
In other words, we must do as Mrs. Eddy points out that Jesus, our Way-shower, did, when she states in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 476): "Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick." To the degree we are successful in practicing the Golden Rule in this manner, in the home, in the church, and in our social and business life, we are bringing into our daily experience the kingdom of heaven, manifesting health, joy, and well-being in all our activities.
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April 14, 1923 issue
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Consecration
LUCY H. REYNOLDS
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Genuine Success
REUBEN POGSON
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"A psalm of gratitude"
GEORGENE L. MILLER
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"His only begotten Son"
RUTH C. FORTSON
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Obedience to Love
CATHERINE VERRALL
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The Golden Rule
WILSON M. SOUTHAM
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The ministry of Jesus was practical
Margaret H. Anderson, Committee on Publication for Natal, South Africa,
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That faith has a great influence upon healing is undoubtedly...
Van Buren Perry, Committee on Publication for the State of South Dakota,
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Based solely on the Bible; honoring God to the full extent...
Robert G. Steel, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
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The verified testimonies of healing which appear in the...
Mrs. Caroline Getty, Committee on Publication for France,
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Bible history has shown that rites and ceremonies established...
Mrs. Hettie Williams, Committee on Publication for Gloucestershire, England,
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Letters from the Field
with contributions from Emma F. Harnsberger, Jennie B. Stevens
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"A new heaven and a new earth"
Albert F. Gilmore
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Our Defense
Duncan Sinclair
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Resisting Evil
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from A. Hervey-Bathurst, Edith J. Guthrie, George M. Alexander, Hermann S. Hering
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In May, 1913, when our daughter was two years old, she...
Florence J. Green
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It was in 1901 that I learned to know, beyond possibility...
Eva S. W. Williams
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As one who has been greatly benefited by Christian Science,...
Irwin B. Tietze with contributions from Ruth M. Tietze
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About seven years ago I turned to Christian Science for...
Elizabeth Hatherly
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In July, 1918, I bought my first copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
Jessie H. Black
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As a proof of the protecting power of God's care, I wish...
Paul V. Sullivan
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I have been interested in Christian Science for about six...
Samuel W. Younker
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In 1918, one of my little daughters was ill with a violent...
Arno Wegeleben with contributions from Paula Wegeleben
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Forgetting Self
GEO. SAMUEL PORTER
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Charles Brown, Canon Bertal Heeney