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Try a Little Obedience
Obedience seems to be an extremely unpopular word these days. Even some who believe in God don't want to follow His laws. They want to do what they want. A young person may feel that the act of obedience to the Ten Commandments, let's say, takes away his freedom and forces him to conform to useless, archaic standards.
Are personal preferences really a safe guide to a happy life? Paul didn't think so. He said, "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?" Rom. 6:16;
When I was going to college a couple of years ago, I believed in God as divine Principle, the very source and cause of existence. But I found it hard to obey the standards of Principle. I'd been raised in Christian Science, but none of the explanations as to why I shouldn't drink alcohol or try a medical remedy seemed to make any sense. I found it equally hard to justify getting up on Sunday morning to attend church.
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February 23, 1974 issue
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Wiping Out a Bad Memory
MADORA HOLT
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From Fear to Trust
CYRIL ALEXANDER BARBER
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Loving Yourself
HELEN R. CONROYD
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Spiritual Thinking Is Positive
RONALD GRAY WALKER
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PAUSE WITHIN PROGRESS
Margaret Bouvé Moreland
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Questions and Answers
AURIEL WYNDHAM ADAMS
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Try a Little Obedience
CASEY WADE WRIGHT
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SPIRITUALIZING THOUGHT
ROBERT OLIVER SHIPMAN
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Small Man Climbs a Tree
Dorothea T. Leamy
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"In Thee I have no pain"
Carl J. Welz
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The Universal Christ: Active and Directive
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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I was fortunate enough to be brought up in the Christian Science Sunday School...
Olwen S. B. Wilson
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One afternoon when I was doing a grammar exercise, I felt...
Franck Burgada with contributions from Michelle Burgada
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I would like to express my deep gratitude for the love of God,...
Lawrence Ralph Olsen
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Mrs. Eddy tells us in the Manual of The Mother Church...
Miriam Schweitzer
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Last year I was involved in an accident
Jessie H. Olsen
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A few years ago my husband and I were vacationing in a popular...
Elizabeth C. Zuber with contributions from Reynold W. Zuber