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True Helpfulness
Those who come into Christian Science find themselves regarding all things from a changed viewpoint; for them old things have indeed "passed away," and often they are led to pause and ask how they shall most consistently fulfil their obligations, as followers of Christ Jesus, when the problem of poverty confronts them. Christian Science brings a quickened sense of sympathy for all human need, and the realization that material methods have fully proved their inability to supply that need. The Psalmist says, "The earth is full of thy riches," yet in spite of the evidences of divine bounty, dire distress and want prevail among mortals. Jesus' words, "The poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always," may be taken as a reproach to that poverty-stricken condition of thought which fails to discern and appropriate "the unsearchable riches of Christ." One thing is sure, viz., it is a Christian act to help those in need; the question is how we can best do it. No one can be blamed if he give of that which is to him most precious.
The student of Christian Science, to be consistent, must ever keep in view the basic teaching of this Science, not only in working out his own problems, but also in his efforts to help others. He can no more accept the testimony of material sense in respect to poverty than to sickness. In Genesis we are told that when Adam complained that he was naked, God asked him, "Who told thee that thou wast naked?" and this question was followed by a stern inquiry as to whether Adam had eaten of the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. With the Adam sense comes the belief in poverty and all other ills; with Christ, Truth, comes the only remedy.

November 11, 1905 issue
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President Roosevelt's Thanksgiving Proclamation
Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root
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The Sunshine of Christian Science
W. D. MC CRACKAN
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A New and Living Way
J. M. S.
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Truth Solves all Problems
BEULAH G. HINES
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Law
WILLIS VERNON COLE
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From an English Paper
with contributions from Editor
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The Lectures
with contributions from W. D. McCrackan, George Shaw Cook, H. L. Benson
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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"By their fruits"
Archibald McLellan
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There is Hope for All
John B. Willis
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True Helpfulness
Annie M. Knott
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Letters to our Leader
with contributions from Augusta E. Stetson, Mary Baker Eddy, Emma Ellis, Sarah E. Benford, Edward T. Blanchard, Caroline S. Welch, Delmer Goding, Evelyn Y. Steele
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Divine Love does indeed supply all our needs
Anna DeLind Karseboom
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In June, 1903, when our dear Leader, from the balcony...
John Warner Keyes with contributions from Mattie Brisco
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As far back as I can remember, I have suffered from terrible...
Etta J. Beavers
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Through the understanding that God is divine Love and...
Anna R. McMahon with contributions from Florence A. McConnell
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I have often thought that I would like to send to the Sentinel...
Mariamne H. Witherspoon
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"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search...
Rowena E. Rowlson
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At the time when Christian Science was brought to my...
Enno E. Murrey
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When I first heard of Christian Science I was in great...
Bessie Leonard Young
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From our Exchanges
with contributions from H. Symonds
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Notices
with contributions from Stephen A. Chase