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"NO CONDEMNATION."
It is St. Paul who says, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus." The Master had said, before this, "The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son." The teaching of Christian Science gives a very beautiful meaning to these quotations. The impersonal Christ, the stature of the perfect man, being our standard, "there is ... no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit,"—to those, in other words, whose lives measure up to the divine standard. In so far as we fall short of it, the standard itself, while remaining firmly in its place, becomes the judge, pointing sternly, implacably to the distance between our achievement and the perfect requirement. "The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son."
Jesus the Christ, after trials innumerable, attained the goal of perfect demonstration, and for sorrowing humanity's comfort and encouragement he said, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; ... because I go unto my Father." When our thought rises to the spiritual altitude of the Father, we also shall attain to the standard of the perfect man. In the meantime we need not be discouraged by our failures, nor become utterly overwhelmed by human condemnation, knowing within ourselves, as no one else can know, how earnestly we are working and how sincerely we desire to be faithful until the day when we shall "all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ."
Not in the blare of trumpets are the fruits of victory bought,
Not midst the people's plaudits is the nation's welfare wrought,
Not in the workshop's turmoil is the wireless wonder thought,
Not in the gay world's glitter are the gleams of Spirit caught,
But in the secret closet, where immortal Truth is sought.
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May 15, 1909 issue
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RESISTING EVIL
CLARENCE W. CHADWICK
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PROGRESS WITHOUT SUFFERING
VIOLET KER SEYMER
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THANKFULNESS
A. B. FICHTER
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LOVE AND LIGHT
ADIN E. BALLOU
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"THY WILL BE DONE."
WILLIAM LLOYD
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"NO CONDEMNATION."
G. HARRIETTE BLAKE
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Christian Science teaches that the veil of illusion which...
Prof. J. R. Mosley
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In a review, under the heading "A Medieval Journey...
Frederick Dixon
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Our critic states that Christian Science is illogical
Frederic C. Hotchkiss
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The Mind referred to in Christian Science is not the...
George Shaw Cook
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Christian Science declares that the self which Jesus...
J. V. Dittemore
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It is well known that Christian Science is aiding in the...
Gray Montgomery
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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THE BUILDING FUND
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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A NEW FIELD OF USEFULNESS
Archibald McLellan
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"THE LAST ENEMY."
John B. Willis
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OBEDIENCE TO LAW
Annie M. Knott
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LETTERS TO OUR LEADER
with contributions from Sallie J. Upton, Annie M. Knott, Charles Taylor Smith, Mabel Young, Wm. J. Todd, A. E. Birchard, Augusta Wilson, Susie L. Bradshaw, Henry W. Ruge, Lloyd B. Coate
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from City Trustee Klette, A. H. Slocomb, Henry C. Allen , Albert Sharpe
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After years of faithful research among the physical...
Albert R. Chappell
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It is with the hope that I may help some one who is...
Lila Lucile Porter
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With gratitude I give my testimony, trusting that it may...
Mary L. Hazard
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I wish to express my gratitude for the healing that has...
Henry E. Weiss
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One evening while out walking, I accidentally fell, and...
Flora B. Hinman
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I am glad to testify to the help received from Christian Science
Hattie Jennings
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Every testimony in the Sentinel is helpful to me, and...
S. F. Jaggar with contributions from Evelyn M. Bosworth
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With the hope that some one whose release from bondage...
Burton W. Mudge
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A medical doctor claimed that my eyes were in a very...
M. Rowena McNeil
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Although for twelve years the beautiful teachings of...
Mabel J. Foyle
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I give this testimony with a feeling of deep gratitude for...
Paula Potschick with contributions from M. G. Ament
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For several years I had been in very poor health
Charles E. Hilands
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Having been benefited many times through Christian Science
Henrietta P. Oliver with contributions from Elizabeth Allen Mallory
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Charles E. St. John