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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
[Outlook.]
To be kind in judgment does not involve indifference to moral standards or desertion of ideals. It is not a question of blindness; it is a question of largeness of view. The offensiveness of sin, which rested so heavily on the hearts and minds of our ancestors, is not a whit lessened. Sin is still a horror when it works out its fruits in human life. But there has come a vast difference of feeling toward the sinner, because there has come so much larger and penetrating a knowledge of the influence of conditions of all sorts and kinds. What has happened has not been a desertion of the old standpoint of the righteous man who hated sin, but a recognition of the complexity of the individual problem and the difficulty of doing justice to the individual sinner. We still hate the sin, but we no longer hate the sinner. What has happened has been a change of position from the standpoint of the Old to the standpoint of the New Testament. The emphasis of our criticism and judgment ought to rest on our own faults, not on the faults of other people. But few of us have the capacity for self-denial involved in leaving other people's faults alone and dealing firmly and with clear eyes with our own. And yet, as a rule, the faults of others do not harm us. They rather amuse us, or irritate us; while our own faults are constantly inflicting the most serious injuries on us.
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September 18, 1909 issue
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"LEST WE FORGET"
SAMUEL GREENWOOD
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JONAH
ELLEN B. PEASE
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LOVE'S ETERNAL NOW
EDWARD C. BUTLER
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CHARITY
JOHN E. FELLERS
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GIVING AND INCREASE
KATHARINE ERWIN JERVEY
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REAL SUCCESS
GRAY MONTGOMERY
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THE TRUE REFLECTION
IDA L. BAKER
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"VICTORY OF TRUTH OVER ERROR"
CALEB H. CUSHING
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Our critic desires to know what the Christian Science...
Frederick Dixon
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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"DECEIVE NOT WITH THY LIPS"
Archibald McLellan
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"THERE IS NONE OTHER NAME"
John B. Willis
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THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
Annie M. Knott
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LETTERS TO OUR LEADER
with contributions from Chauncey J. Guthrie, Alice E. Guthrie, Mary Baker Eddy, Kate Davidson Kimball, Frederick Dixon, Mary Beecher Longyear, Annie E. Cardwell, Diana Jackson, Burton B. Turner, Mary E. Cheatham, Charles F. Kraft
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from C. W. Crim, Orison Swett Marden
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ADMISSION TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE MOTHER CHURCH
John V. Dittemore
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That the truth revealed to this age by Mrs. Eddy is...
Geo. M. Swan with contributions from T. B. Gilbert
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In the hope that this expression of my hearfelt gratitude...
H. Van Leeuwen with contributions from Aimee E. Titus
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Some fourteen years ago, in removing a small piece of...
N. L. Godfrey
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From childhood I suffered from stomach trouble, and...
Ludeema B. Tennent
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My gratitude to God for Christian Science can never be...
Denver L. Richardson
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I have had convincing proof that Christian Science heals...
Maggie Blackley with contributions from J. F. Wallace
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Although it is now almost nine years since I began the...
Emma W. Holyoke
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I did not take up the study of Christian Science for the...
Emily R. Smith
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Before I became acquainted with Christian Science I had...
Frau Helene Rempt
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Having received so much benefit and encouragement...
William Lazenby with contributions from Ellen Lazenby, Stella E. Saxton