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"FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD"
Ability to maintain at all times the proper relation between teacher and student seems to be one of the hardest problems with which many Christian Scientists are confronted, and doubtless much of the misunderstanding and friction which unfortunately exist in some fields is due to a failure on the part of both teacher and students to adjust themselves to a sensible working basis, one that recognizes the individuality of each party and the necessity for maintaining this individuality. That this failure is due to thoughtlessness is true in some instances, but not in all.
There is a peculiar trait of human nature which, when not governed by divine Mind, seems to impel some persons to seek personal adulation, and to exercise more or less of personal domination over those with whom they are brought into close touch. This same trait is also apparent in others in an inverted form, and through it is furnished the desired adulation and the willingness to be dominated. It should be needless to say that neither phase of this trait can be the groundwork for a demonstration of Christian Science.
The aim of every teacher of Christian Science should be to instruct his pupils in such a manner as to enable them to appeal to the one and only Mind for guidance, and through their understanding of this Mind to heal the sick and destroy all evil. It is not the province of a teacher personally to dominate and control his students, nor is it proper for a student so to be dominated and controlled. The teacher does not teach Christian Science in order to build up a personal following or to become what might have been called in former days a feudatory lord, nor does the student become a vassal by virtue of being taught by the one whom he has selected to be his teacher.
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March 20, 1909 issue
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BELIEF VERSUS FACT
CLARENCE W. CHADWICK
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A DEMAND OF THIS AGE
J. S. BRAITHWAITE
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THE LABORERS
THE HON. MABEL ROWLEY
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LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE
MYRA KING
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CAUSE AND EFFECT
HORACE H. THAYER, JR
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TRUE PEACE
AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS
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The teachings of Christ Jesus, as emphasized in Christian Science,...
Elizabeth Earl Jones
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Christian Science, or the Science of Christianity, is the...
J. V. Dittemore
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Our brother's sermon, while setting forth much that is...
Rev. G. A. Kratzer
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It is part of the fundamental teaching of Christian Science...
Frederick Dixon
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Before we judge and condemn or refuse a fellow-creature...
Philip Owen Peirce
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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"FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD"
Archibald McLellan
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A QUESTION OF RIGHT
John B. Willis
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OUR SANCTUARY
Annie M. Knott
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LETTERS TO OUR LEADER
with contributions from Caroline A. Tupper, Mary Baker Eddy, Edward Everett Norwood, Schuyler S. Clark, Christine Mast, Susan Corey, Lottie S. Bennett, Martha Thompson, Josephine Burdell, Ella A. McNear, Charles W. J. Tennant, M. Gertrude Nelson
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Anna Webb, John H. Coulter, J. Allen Barris
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It is seven or eight years since I first tried Christian Science...
Julia Woods Rubey
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I have depended on Christian Science for help since...
Alex. S. Gilliam
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It is with a heart full of gratitude that I send this...
Adeline W. Holt
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I am indeed grateful for Christian Science
T. L. Rascoe
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Ever since I can remember there was something wrong...
Hazel Jay Miller
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After six years of faithful study of Christian Science,...
Martha Bickford
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About five years ago I began to read Science and Health,...
Annie Quaintance
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Among the many privileges conferred upon Christian Scientists...
Della C. Helen Kurth
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Christian Science was first presented to us by a dear...
C. E. Kneeland
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About seven months ago my seven-year-old boy stepped...
Johanna Tuller
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As our blessings multiply, the duty of telling them to...
Charles G. Baldwin with contributions from Gertrude Ring Homans
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from K. C. Anderson, J. H. Jowett