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"JUSTIFIED BY FAITH."
When the keeper of the prison realized the power of Truth to deliver those who had been unjustly deprived of their liberty, he came with fear and trembling and fell down before Paul and Silas and earnestly asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" The reply was, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." No doubt most people have at some time in their lives asked this same question, and perhaps they have pondered these words of the apostles, wondering what was the true interpretation thereof. The doctrine of justification by faith has been preached for centuries. It has appealed to some as offering an easy way of escape from sin and the effects of wrong thinking and doing. To others it has seemed impossible that the mere fact of believing on the one who is justly considered as the best man the world has ever known, should be sufficient to atone for sin and deliver those who have spent the greater part of their lives in bondage to evil.
No one will deny that there is good authority in the Scriptures for the doctrine of justification by faith. Paul said, "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Through faith we are justified in the sight of God and begin to dwell in harmony with the divine Principle of all true being. On the other hand, there are many familiar texts which show that something more than faith, as that term is generally understood, is necessary to salvation. For example: "Faith without works is dead;" "Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only;" "For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:" "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only." Many other similar texts could be cited, showing what is necessary to meet the divine requirements.

May 28, 1910 issue
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"JUSTIFIED BY FAITH."
WILLIS F. GROSS.
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MOTHER-LOVE
ANNIE DINSMORE MC CLURE.
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MENTAL PRACTICE
DENNIS L. ROGERS.
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DREAMING AND WAKING
RUTH INGRAHAM.
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REASON RIGHTLY DIRECTED
JOHN CARVETH.
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THE ADVANTAGE OF KNOWING
ALEX. ALDERSON.
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Christian Science has now been known and taught...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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It was certainly kind of the critic to go out of his way...
Charles K. Skinner
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Cultured and deep-thinking men and women of all...
Gray Montgomery
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It is very clearly recognized by Christian Scientists that...
John L. Rendall
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All Christian Scientists are prepared to put to practical...
W. S. Morris, Jr.,
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Our critic cannot measure Christian Science accurately...
James D. Sherwood
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AMONG THE CHURCHES
with contributions from Shakespeare
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"PROVE ALL THINGS."
Archibald McLellan
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"MY PEACE."
John B. Willis
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TRUST
Annie M. Knott
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UNAUTHORIZED LITERATURE
Editor
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LETTERS TO OUR LEADER
with contributions from Jessie S. Letherman, William R. Best, Eugene R. Cox, Ethel Donne, Emily H. Gardner, The Committee, M. Belle Brady, Louisa Harris, William G. Westle, Charles M. Howe, Jenness B. Frear, Agnes F. Chalmers
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Paul M. North, Ezra W. Palmer, William E. Morgan
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I have been an adherent of Christian Science for the...
Pauline Strube
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Words seem to fail me as I try to think how I may tell...
Emma L. R. Revell
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Like so many others, I had my own opinion of what...
Rebecca Jane Strobridge
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My first Christian Science treatment overcame neuralgia...
Howard I. Shaw
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Christian Science came to us at a time when we were...
Hermann Müller
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During the summer of 1907 I was almost bedfast from...
J. E. Rheu with contributions from Lorena Helder Morse
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The joy, the happiness which have been revealed to me...
Elsie B. Carveth
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About four years ago, while at work one evening, some...
Matilda Werth with contributions from Fred Werth, Tillie Werth
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Before April, 1908, I had attended the Wednesday...
B. O. Boothby
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I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science...
Jane Cornell Van Hoesen
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SHADOW
JOSEPHINE W. HEERMANS
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Charles W. Burrowes, Lyman Abbott