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Giving and Receiving
Christian Science is awakening the world to a realization of the close relationship which exists between thhe words "giving" and "receiving." It is proving in countless ways, and to nations as well as to individuals, that just as sowing precedes reaping, so should the thoughts of giving precede the desire of getting or receiving.
Is it any wonder, therefore, that Christian Scientists are gaining a bigger, better, and more practical understanding of the words of our Master, "It is more blessed to give than to receive"? They are not only discovering that they must learn to give generously, lovingly, and intelligently, if they wish to receive in the same manner, but also finding that the more they concern themselves with the thought of giving, the less they need to think about getting or receiving. They are finding that if they attend to the unselfish giving of whatsoever talents they possess, God will see to it that they receive whatsoever things they need. They are learning that it is man's obligation to give, and God's obligation to see that those who do give understandingly receive abundantly.
For many years the writer had thought of the words which Paul quoted Jesus as saying, "It is more blessed to give than to receive," as applying only to money and material Possessions. That passage of Scripture nearly always seemed coupled, in his thoughts, with the world's usual concept of a philanthropist,—one who gives to the financially poor. He often longed for the time to come when his share of worldly goods would permit him to make generous donations to all so-called charitable institutions and to worthy persons who aroused his human sense of pity.
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March 22, 1924 issue
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Giving and Receiving
GEORGE H. READ
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Our Young People
FRANCIS MACK MANN
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The Individual Church Builder
NELL FLASH
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Christian Science—Its Promising Outlook
CASSIUS M. LOOMIS
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Dominion
GERTRUDE M. BARNES
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Ever Present Good
MARIE PICKETT
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Christian Science denies the reality of sin and disease...
Charles W. J. Tennant, Committee on Publication for London
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As an international daily newspaper The Christian Science Monitor...
Douglas L. Edmonds, Committee on Publication for Southern California, in the
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Paul insists that the old man (material sense, the sensual...
Brigman C. Odom, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
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The next best thing to hearing any lecture is to read a...
John Ormston Thomson, Committee on Publication for Victoria, Australia
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Christian Science teaches that God and His laws are unchanging...
Charles W. Hale, Committee on Publication for the State of Indiana
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Not long ago some one, designated as a drugless healer,...
Aaron E. Brandt, Committee on Publication for Pennsylvania
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Christian Science has nothing in common with autosuggestion,...
S. Britton R. Foster, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada
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Christian Science claims no connection whatever with the...
William Clyde Price, Committee on Publication for the State of Utah
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"Signs of the times"
Albert F. Gilmore
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Love, the Only Solvent
Ella W. Hoag
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"The life-preserving power of spiritual understanding"
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from L. Jenks, Frederick C. Allwork, Minnie Lee Peckham, Howard Rockwood Moore, George Robert Langham, E. Howard Hooper
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Some time ago, an arc welding outfit, more commonly...
Phillips B. Wilde
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In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by...
Julia Sterling
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I wish to give my testimony with deep gratitude for the...
Selma Lipinski
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Words cannot express my gratitude for the physical...
Robert H. Sowers with contributions from Vora Sowers
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For over eighteen years I was suffering from deafness
William F. Rudiger
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My heart is filled with gratitude for all the blessings...
Robert B. Wilson with contributions from Margaret B. Wilson
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Christian Science came to me as the result of a desire...
Jessie Bloomhart
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I wish to give my long delayed testimony of the healing...
Ellen R. Propst
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I should love to tell some of my experiences in reading...
Helen L. Wolfington
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Our Greatest Need
ERNEST PETERS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from A. R. Holderby, C. C. Harcourt, Gaius Glenn Atkins, Charles S. Knight