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Steadfastness and Strength
In our eagerness for spiritual attainments, let us take heed that we do not fall into the error of thinking that we can lift ourselves unaided, or in any way force our growth.
Mortals, as mortals, do not hold the initiative in their process of salvation. Our Leader has said, "Meekness, moderating human desire, inspires wisdom and procures divine power" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 360), the power of the Christ: and that "through this redemptive Christ, Truth, we are healed and saved, and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God" (Message to the Mother Church, 1901). Patience, temperance, and perseverance are necessary to reach the goal. "He that believeth shall not make haste," says Isaiah: and we can remember that we abate no whit of true earnestness in our endeavor to do away with the restless anxiety and over-seriousness which so frequently pass for spiritual advancement, and which never help but invariably hinder.
"The best spiritual type of Christly method for uplifting human thought and imparting divine Truth, is stationary power, stillness, and strength" (Retrospection and Introspection, p. 117).
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March 26, 1904 issue
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Steadfastness and Strength
WILLIAM B. TURNER.
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The Wilderness of Belief
HARRIET L. SLINEY.
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Our Reasonable Service
ALLEN L. CLARK.
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Our Literature
M. A. O.
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A Clearer Light
W. DAVIDSON.
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Consecration
CHARLES J. PRENTISS.
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True Government
MARIAN W. HERING.
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The Daughter of Jairus
EUGENIA BEATRICE MABURY.
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The Christian Basis of Unity
EDWARD H. CARMAN
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Mrs. Eddy teaches that for a man to be free is to be...
Abbott Edes Smith
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The question is asked why Christian Science could not...
Willard S. Mattox
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The practice of Christian Science, is a form of pure...
James A. Logwood
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The Lectures
with contributions from A. N. Alcott, A. C. Harte, F. S. Hoffman, Elmer I. Goshen, Farrar
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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General Association of Teachers in London, Eng.
with contributions from Marjorie Colles, F. L. Miller, Gertrude Dunmore, Victoria Murray, Dunmore, Mildred Murray, W. N. Miller, E. Blanche Ward, Mary B. G. Eddy
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Letters to our Leader
with contributions from E. E. Williams, Laura Turnbull, Gertrude B. Browne
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After years of invalidism I have regained my health...
Frances G. Fuller with contributions from Frank P. Hunter
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Thankfulness for what we have fits us to receive more...
May Orange Glidden
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I have had the help and protection of Christian Science...
M. G. Truman with contributions from P. A. Mayes, Malinda Lewis
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When the Christian Scientists of North Carolina appeared...
Elizabeth Earl Jones
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During the last few months I have received Christian Science...
Cora Ellen Miller
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For months I suffered intensely from sciatic rheumatism...
Mary E. Wonson
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The Battle Call
JANET T. COLMAN.
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From our Exchanges
with contributions from Charles A. Allen
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Notices
with contributions from Stephen A. Chase