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Love, the Conqueror
What is it that conquers all the ills of the flesh and, as well, all diseases of the mind? that which conquers disease, conquers also hate, revenge, envy, jealousy, malice, and "all uncharitableness," all that "worketh or maketh a lie." One little word covers the answer. One simple word with infinite meaning,—Love. Not your conception of Love nor mine, but just Love itself, reflected in the love that thinketh and speaketh no evil, that condemneth not but forgiveth all, that judgeth not but sheddeth mercy on the just and the unjust; in short, that is without hypocrisy, that does not boast of what it is, what it does, or what it gives; the love so sweet, so unselfish in its humility that it finds its gain, its reward, in another's good, another's happiness; the love that covets naught for itself but is always giving; giving itself all for others,—freely and unconditionally for others. The love that is self-abnegation, self-forgetfulness, self-sacrifice. In which there is no fear, no deception, no lie, no sin. This is the love that overcometh the world, that conquers all and lifts us into a consciousness that is blessed and divine.
To have felt this all-conquering love is to have had a foretaste of heaven. Love is the conqueror. It subdues all fear, and confers a perfect freedom. It casts out the desire to sin, and malice, hatred, envy, self-seeking, are forgotten, as we rest, with a sweet sense of security, in its "everlasting arms."
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May 2, 1903 issue
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Looking at Things Unseen
S.F.S.
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Opposition to Mind
Lewis B. Coates
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An Interesting Point
Albert E. Miller
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A Friendly Disagreement
"Henry C. Smith
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The True Impulse
Edward C. Butler
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Christianity Defined
Edward Everett Norwood
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The disciples and apostles were for the most part men...
W. D. McCrackan
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There has never been an argument or a law against...
William H. Jennings
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To those who have only a theoretical rather than a...
Alfred Farlow
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All that we know of any material thing, whether a human...
Clarence A. Buskirk
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The Lectures
with contributions from E. A. McFarland, Leeland Hathaway, George L. Miller
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The value of Christianity lies in its bringing the message...
William Newton Clarke
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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Significant Questions
MARY BAKER G. EDDY.
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Amendments to By-laws
Editor
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An Easter Letter
Francis Hastings Jewett
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Notice to Branch Churches
with contributions from William Newton Clarke
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Unfoldment
J. F. HILL.
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Mary and Martha
R. P. V.
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Love, the Conqueror
ANNE DODGE.
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Among the Churches
with contributions from Grace A. French, Clementine B. Dixon
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The Welcome to Der Herold
with contributions from Max Jagerhuber, Emelia Mueller, Baroness Olga von Beschwitz, Frances Thurber Seal, Epictetus
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I was first attracted to Christian Science about two years...
A. R. MacLellan, Jr.
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I was a miserable woman, suffering daily with headache...
Anna I. Sperry with contributions from M. E. M.
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Notices
with contributions from Stephen A. Chase
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Religious Items
with contributions from Horace Bushnell, H. V. Hilprecht, Channing, C. A. Barbour, Longfellow