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Spiritual Discernment
Spiritual discernment, one of the essentials in the equipment of a Christian Scientist, is unattainable save as we reflect the Christ-wisdom which reveals the inwardness of motives, aims, desires,—in short, of the entire human character. It was this quality which enabled Jesus, at the age of twelve, to analyze the mental conditions of his time as embodied in the rabbis, whom he easily confounded on their own basis of thought, and the lack of this quality in his disciples and others was often rebuked by our Master in vigorous and uncompromising language. He indicated it to be a requisite of spiritual growth, and that those who did not possess it were sorely limited in their ability to "work as he worked" for themselves or others.
The dawning of spiritual discernment is indicated by a threefold condition of thought; viz., the absence of prejudice, the absence of suspicion, and the presence of love. Black-spectacled prejudice renders it quite impossible correctly to discern anything. Whether it be favorable or unfavorable is immaterial; so long as it remains it is sure to give rise to erroneous conclusions. One would not go into a dungeon to dissect the sunlight, nor stand on a mountain with an umbrella before his face to view the landscape. Prejudice is the outcome of ignorance, malice, or hate, and its indulgence is to be guarded against as an insidious foe of the spiritual life.

August 25, 1906 issue
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An Appreciative Letter
Arthur P. DeCamp
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What is Truth?
Prof. Joel Rufus Mosley.
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Spiritual Discernment
EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES.
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The Thrall of Deception
REV. GUSTAVE HAAS.
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From Mrs. Eddy's Friends
Rachel F. Marshall
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Our critic admits the truth of the proposition that darkness...
Alfred Farlow with contributions from C. Herbert Pierson
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Notices
with contributions from William B. Johnson
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At Last
M. BETTIE BELL.
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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The True Basis of Health
John B. Willis
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The Divine Fatherhood
Annie M. Knott
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Letters to Our Leader
with contributions from Ida Tigner Hodnett, Carl Bredell, Hattie Stickney Gale, F. Alex Barton, Eugene H. Greene, Ernest C. Moses
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For several months prior to June, 1904, my eyes had been...
Douglas C. Ridgley with contributions from Belle A. Armstrong
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When I first became interested in Christian Science I was...
Kenneth B. Elliman
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Through the understanding that God is All in all I have...
Lillian J. Carrano
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In February, 1905, my wife, in avoiding a street car...
H. Ruthven McDonald
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I cannot withhold any longer my testimony of what...
Stephen Postalka
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When I first heard of Christian Science I had for years...
N. M. Crawford
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I came to Christian Science nearly two years ago, seeking...
Albert Stanford
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Pass it On
MRS. H. RUTHVEN MC DONALD.
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From our Exchanges
with contributions from G. K. Newell