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In reading the published criticism on a Christian Science...
Mahanoy City (Pa.) Record
In reading the published criticism on a Christian Science lecture recently delivered in your city, I am impressed with the extent to which one's statements may be misjudged and misinterpreted by a critic whose motive in attending is not to be informed, but to gather material for disputation. The attempted interruptions at the lecture, and the incorrect public statements as to what the lecturer said, lead me to believe that some persons were present in a state of mind not in accord with the spirit of courtesy and good will in which our Christian Scientist friends in Mahanoy City provided out of their individual means this lecture, and invited all who wished to hear, though obviously not to be heard.
Our critic need not be disturbed over the lecturer's designation of God as "a principle," because no such designation was given. Where the word Principle is applied to God in Christian Science it is without the article "a," and it is used in such a sense as this, the first definition of the word in the Standard dictionary: "A source or cause from which a thing proceeds; a permanent or fundamental cause." Those only who would deny that God is creator could object to the word Principle as applied to Deity. Christian Science employs other terms to indicate the nature of God, such as Life, Truth, Love. In all authorized Christian Science literature these terms when used as synonyms for God are capitalized, to make clear their meaning.

November 9, 1912 issue
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GOOD AND EVIL
BLANCHE HERSEY HOGUE.
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"PUT OFF"—"PUT ON."
J. MORLEY WYARD.
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"MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION."
FLORENCE E. B. DONALDSON.
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TRUE TEMPLES
H. G. MARCARIAN.
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"BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT."
WILLIAM LEANDER POST.
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REST
EDITH L. PERKINS.
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The account of Christian Science given in the sermon...
Frederick Dixon
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From the communication published in a recent issue of...
George A. Law
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Dr. Hoyt's remarks anent vaccination are amusing
Mary B. Thompson
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You report the president of the Lancashire and Cheshire...
William J. Bonnin
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I wish to correct an erroneous impression contained in...
Charles M. Howe
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In a recent issue appeared a sermon by a clergyman on...
Johnston D. Spiers
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FAITH AND WORKS
Archibald McLellan
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THE LITTLE AND THE LARGE
John B. Willis
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"EVERLASTING GOSPEL."
Annie M. Knott
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from R. R. Ross, George M. Clough, Charles A. Michener, David F. Fox, Frank Percival Lloyd, Troy Davis, J. W. Wartman, E. E. Cavanaugh
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While living in Chicago, near Christmas, 1906, a skin...
Peter Thinnes with contributions from Kate Thinnes
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In 1906 my condition was diagnosed as a serious affliction...
D. B. Macdonald
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My little boy was taken one morning with an attack of...
Amy N. Wilson
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I desire to express my love for the cause of Christian Science,...
Margaret V. Pearman
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I can truthfully testify to what Christian Science has done...
L. Cox with contributions from Richard Lischka
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Christian Science has meant more to me than anything...
Harriet M. Willis
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The gratitude one has for the expression of divine Love...
Mabel I. Taylor
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I had been in an isolated place for many months
Gertrude Smith
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With a sense of gratitude I desire o testify to the power...
Carrie M. Henry
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THE PRIZE
STELLA E. SAXTON.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from McCormick