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A good example of optimism is that given by Christian Scientists
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A good example of optimism is that given by Christian Scientists. Meet one or a dozen of them wherever one may, and one is usually impressed that here is a happy people. Not many years ago, a confession to any such leaning was equivalent to being classed with the faddists and "cranks" of the community; but even then Christian Scientists were optimists of the first water. They were convinced that right ruled, and they cared not a whit for anything else. Today, throughout the United States and foreign lands, thousands find this belief satisfying. It is practical optimism, since by its use they keep happiness, prosperity, and first-class health.
The business man needs optimism throughout all departments of his establishement. The housewife must have it if she would build a real home. The professional man, whether in the ministry, the law, or medicine, finds it his best assistant. This, of course, must needs be the real optimism. Not the smiling exterior which conceals but poorly the underlying moroseness or despondency, but the simon-pure article which comes from the heart, whereby its owner finds life so worth the living that his enthusiasm and steadfast courage, even in dark days, spread to all around him. Inwardly and outwardly the Christian Scientist strives to keep a crystal-clear consciousness of the fact that good is the only thing worth knowing. He never says or thinks that the country is going to the dogs. He is never caught mourning aloud about the scarcity of money, the dearth of good servants, nor the supposed increase of immorality in the world. He rules despondency of all kinds out of thought, and the result is that every one in his vicinity feels the better for it.

October 15, 1910 issue
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"THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE"
SAMUEL GREENWOOD.
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AN OBJECT-LESSON
NELLIE B. MACE.
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BEARING WITNESS
PERCY WAXMAN.
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ELEMENTS OF GROWTH
REV. HENRY M. PERKINS.
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SYMPATHY
MAY BELCHER.
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LOVE'S PLAN
WILLIAM H. COOMBER.
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SABBATH REST
FRED C. HOUSE.
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With respect to the discussion on faith-healing, reported...
Frederick Dixon
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A good example of optimism is that given by Christian Scientists
Louise Satterthwaite
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In a recent issue one signing himself "A Local Pastor"...
H. Coulson Fairchild
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A critic says that "if that book [Rudimental Divine Science]...
Frank C. Barrett
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ADMISSION TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE MOTHER CHURCH
John V. Dittemore
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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TAKE NOTICE
Mary Baker Eddy
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"THEM THAT BELIEVE"
Archibald McLellan
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THE REWARD OF PATIENCE
Annie M. Knott
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"NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION"
John B. Willis
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from C. N. Potter, William F. Cochrane, John F. Gaylor
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In offering this testimony for publication I hardly know...
Margaret Colley Turner
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Four years ago, when I came into Christian Science, I...
Gertrude Lydia Soule
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In April, 1908, our two little girls had a fever
O. C. Musselman with contributions from Stella Musselman
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Six years ago I went through an operation which I was...
Gertrude H. French
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Through Christian Science I have been taught how to...
Agnese R. Cowles
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In November, 1908, I had a severe trouble in the ear, to...
Alfred Sprenger
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I consider it a great privilege to be afforded an opportunity...
C. E. Millspaugh
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Several years ago my sister sent for me, and when I...
Leila M. White
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It was not the physical healing which attracted me to...
Frank B. Warren
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I had been interested in Christian Science but two years...
Anna M. Warren
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from J. A. Ross, Charles F. Aked