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We cite our readers to the Christian Science text-book...
Greensburg (Ind.) Standard
We cite our readers to the Christian Science text-book, not as an interpretation of Scripture to be accepted by all without question or proof, but as being the only safe and authentic source of information on the subject of Christian Science, before judgment is essayed. Christian Scientists by no means ask the world to accept Mrs. Eddy's interpretation of the Bible, except upon the very wholesome basis of positive proof and legitimate appeal to reason.
The fact that in nineteen centuries of Christian history there have not been satisfying evidences of a full interpretation have not been satisfying evidences of a full interpretation of our Lord's life and teachings in the form of "sings following," would seem to indicate that our critic errs, moreover, in affirming that we need no further interpretation of the gospel. Indeed, the justification for the "visible church" today and in past ages is quite largely the fact that it affords such opportunity for interpretation of God's word. It is queer, also, that Mrs. Eddy's interpretation of the Bible should have been singled out by our critic from the thousands of interpretations extant, as the one sole and pernicious (?) violation of her own cherished idea of a church "whose only creed is the Bible." It would doubtless develop upon investigation that our critic's "creed" is, after all, only her own or some one else's interpretation of one or more of the salient points of Christian faith couched in Scriptural phraseology.
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December 10, 1910 issue
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MARY BAKER EDDY
with contributions from Calvin A. Frye
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NAMING DISEASE
W. D. MC CRACKAN, M.A.
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THINKERS AND SEERS
FRANK H. SPRAGUE
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TESTIMONY
NELLIE B. MACE
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CHURCHES AND SERMONS
EVA S. LOMBARD
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Our critic remarks in a sort of parenthesis that a magazine...
Frederick Dixon
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There are those who say that Christian Science does not...
Judge L. H. Jones
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The foundation of Christian Science is the one infinite...
Edward W. Dickey
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Permit me to thank the vicar of Auckland for his letter...
Arthur E. Jennings
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We cite our readers to the Christian Science text-book...
R. Stanhope Easterday
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Mrs. Eddy writes (Science and Health, p. 322), "Mortals...
John H. Wheeler
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Our critic's accusation that Christian Science is heresy...
Gray Montgomery
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The false claim of evil or error has existed contemporaneously...
Willis D. McKinstry
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I do not pray, O God, to Thee...
S. E. Kiser
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MARY BAKER EDDY
Archibald McLellan
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ONWARD AND UPWARD
Annie M. Knott
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THE TRUE TEST
John B. Willis
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Marion Vecki, Henry Deutsch, William W. Porter, Clare G. Cameron, Percival Bancroft Garvey, E. T. Le Blond, O. O. Oldfather
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When first I heard of Christian Science, I had begun to...
J. M. Hewitt with contributions from T. H. Hewitt
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I wish to give my testimony to the benefits I have...
Henry Shallish
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Christian Science did not at first come to me through the...
Florence B. Hamilton
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If I should be asked what was the greatest thing that had...
Eleanor M. Parker
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Having received so much help from the testimonies published...
John F. Reynolds
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It is with a deep sense of gratitude to God, and to our...
Alexander M. Greene
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It is with gratitude and pleasure that I give my testimony...
Alfred M. Myrover with contributions from Jenny A. Pamperin
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Frank N. Riale, Harold Begbie, Lyman Abbott, I. M. Atwood