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When we affirm that the Christ, Truth, is as effective...
Rochdule (England) Observer
When we affirm that the Christ, Truth, is as effective to-day as in the time of the Master and the apostles, the affirmation is based upon the constant experience of the healing of sickness, many sufferers having been wrested from the verge of the grave, all material means having failed them. Christian Scientists do not claim to be able to do all which Christ Jesus said would be done by those who believe on him, but they are honestly laboring in that direction. It is useful to remember in this connection that in the science of numbers there is a long mental march from "twice two are four" to the problems of Euclid, and in the problems of Divine Science we are still only on the threshold Mere glorification in attempting the healing work in response to a challenge would be as wrong for a Christian Scientist as in the instance recounted of the Master's temptation in the wilderness, when he refused the suggestions of evil to prove himself to be the Son of God.
If we have nothing better then human reason and experience to guide us in fighting "disease and wretchedness, we shall be better equipped than our peers, and shall be as those who are without "hope, and without God in the world." The New Commandment, "That ye love one another; as I have loved you." means we are to love and to help men, and Christian Science teaches that this is the only commandment whereby to destroy poverty, sin. and woe. Surely this way is better than the selfish law of individualism, competition, and accretion, which experience has proved to be hopeless in solving the problems of extremes in the human warfare, but rather aggravates and increases the burdens of the unit and of the unity and of the masses.
It is true "that no amount of repentance can ensure the lessening by one iota of the penalties with which nature visits wrong doing." " Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says, "Sin will receive its full penalty, both for what it is and for what it does" (Science and Health, p. 542). The only way to destroy the false concepts of sin, sickness, and death, is through spiritual understanding and the universal law of love, and Christian Science teaches that this understanding is the appearing of the Christ, the realization of the truth.
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January 18, 1908 issue
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NO CHRISTIAN PSYCHOLOGY
ARCHIBALD MC LELLAN.
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UNIVERSAL RELIGION
BLANCHE H. HOGUE.
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DYNAMIC CHRISTIANITY
RICHARD P. VERRALL.
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THE TRUE IMAGE
A. E. BRANDT.
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WORK
Amy Ruth Wenzel
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Robert Kuehnert, Miss Rackemann , Dan W. Jones, Florence F. Fullerton, Michael W. Moore, W. F. Kopp
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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MISS CLARA BARTON
Mary Baker G. Eddy
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"WORKERS TOGETHER"
Annie M. Knott
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COMRADESHIP
John B. Willis
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LETTERS TO OUR LEADER
with contributions from Clara K. McKee, Allan McLane Hamilton, Edward H. Carman, W. D. McCrackan, Allison V. Stewart, Mary Sproul Brainard, Frank B. Homans, G. A. Kratzer, Elizabeth Kratzer, F. Edwin Elwell, A. Jacobson, Sarah Jewett McChesney, Lena M. Hall, Ernest K. Heilway
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I wish to contribute the following testimony out...
Carl A. Schulz
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It was by a gradual growth into the understanding of...
Lewis R. Stoy
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Our infant daughter took a hard cold, which seemed...
Clement and Sarah Coleman
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Myself and wife have been members of a Christian Science...
Fred P. Newell
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It is with a heart filled with love and gratitude that...
Helen Wells Hap
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Christian Science has been so much help in our home...
W. E. Stiles with contributions from William G. Gillies
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I am happy, indeed, to express my gratitude for what...
Loretta Short
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Four years ago I brought a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
Eurhemia Lother
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It is with a feeling of gratitude that I write this testimony...
G. E. Chatfield
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The many positive proofs of the truth of Christian Science...
Jessie Aronstein with contributions from Adah K. C. Allen
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It is with a deep sense of gratitude, and to give credit...
Louisa K. Prentice
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THE VISION OF TRUTH
WINIFRED BORLEE.