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"THEM THAT BELIEVE."
It is a notable fact that Jesus had promised his followers that certain signs should "follow them that believe," these same followers "went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following." Thus was the truth of our Master's teachings immediately made manifest, and the seal of actual demonstration placed upon the works of those who, however timidly they may have undertaken this work, nevertheless believed in the healing power of the truth which had been preached to them and exemplified in their sight.
As has often been pointed out, this promise to "them that believe" was not restricted to those few who then listened to the Master's words, but it was given for all time and for all peoples. That many have interpreted Jesus words in the limited sense of applying only to those of his immediate following is to be regretted, but fortunately for the early Christians this belief had not gained headway in their time, and it is a matter of historical record that the healing work which accompanied the founding of Christianity was successfully practised by them, even to the raising of the dead. Origen, who lived in the first half of the third century and was one of the fathers of the Alexandrian Greek church, thus writes of the works of the Christians of his time:—
"And the name of Jesus can still remove distractions from the minds of men, and expel demons, and also take away diseases; and produce a marvelous meekness of spirit and complete change of character, and a humanity and goodness and gentleness in those individuals who do not feign themselves to be Christians for the sake of subsistence or the supply of any mortal wants, but who have honestly accepted the doctrine concerning God and Christ, and the judgment to come."
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June 25, 1910 issue
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THE SPIRIT OF GIVING
CLARENCE W. CHADWICK.
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"FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND."
EDITH C. CARTER.
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SOWING "BESIDE ALL WATERS."
F. H. PARDOE.
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UNITY WITH THE READERS
THEODORE D. WARREN.
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"GOD IS LOVE."
SARA FEILCHENFELD.
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MINISTRY
GERTRUDE RING HOMANS.
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In the very fair notice of Mr. Paget's book in your...
Frederick Dixon
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Mrs. Eddy is the Discoverer of that which always existed,...
James D. Sherwood
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In its February issue Good Health has seen fit to make...
Charles K. Skinner
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Christian Science is, as its title indicates, the Science of...
John L. Rendall
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In a recent issue of your paper an evangelist is reported...
George Shaw Cook
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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"THEM THAT BELIEVE."
Archibald McLellan
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AWARENESS OF OUR ENEMY
John B. Willis
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THE IDEAL CITY
Annie M. Knott
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Henry B. Quinby, Colonel West, John N. Greer, William M. Rose, Eugene R. Cox, William McKinley, Clement of Alexandria
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Christian Science came to me about four and a half years...
Martha Schickler
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Every one is in some way hoping for something not realized
Rose D. Haskell with contributions from Silas A. Haskell
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Christian Science has been in our home only a short...
H. L. Mann with contributions from Elizabeth C. Burchard
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Many people come to Christian Science for physical...
Lucy Love Sheldon
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Some time ago I was taken with a severe attack of...
Emma Dienstbach
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While my daughter and I have been in Christian Science...
Clara Chandler Raish
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I hope I may be able to help some one else by telling...
Frances R. Clark
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Several years ago I was a sufferer from extreme nervousness...
Zerlina Starr with contributions from Mary Ella Coppersmith
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Charles Stelzle, Charles A. Riley, J. Keir Hardie, Frank Oliver Hall