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MENTAL WORK
The mental work of the Christian Scientist, like all that he does, needs constant examination and analysis, because of the persistent tendency of mortal mind to drift into error. Unless we watch, the tendency to place weight on our own argument may develop in consciousness a mistaken sense of our own power which disproportions in equal ratio our dependence on God.
The mortal sense of separateness from God is so complete, one's thoughts and acts seem so surely his own, that he may be bewitched into a continued independence which in time brings forth disaster and dismay. The very encroachments of error, its bold insistence to occupy the foreground, to be the protagonist in every mental drama, may lead one to increase his arguments rather than his trust, until mortal mind seems to hold all the field, while mental work begins, and is apt to end, with his own futile effort.
Our Leader corrects this tendency throughout her writings, and most clearly in the Preface to Science and Health, wherein she points out that many imagine the healing in Christian Science to be the result of the action of mortal mind, and explains that it is not this, but the operation of divine Principle, in other words, God; that we therefore need clearly to disrobe the mortal thought of any supposed sufficiency in itself, and to lean with reverent dependence on the giver of every good and perfect gift.
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April 20, 1912 issue
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THE ALLNESS OF GOOD
ROBERT NALL.
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MENTAL WORK
GRACE SQUIRES.
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OVERCOMING FEAR
EDWARD EVERETT NORWOOD.
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THE WIDER VISION
MARTHA BURR BANKS.
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THE UNIVERSAL POEM
CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.
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"BLESSED ARE THE MEEK"
KATHARINE T. PORTER.
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CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
PETER B. BIGGINS.
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ADMISSION TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE MOTHER CHURCH
John V. Dittemore
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In my recent letter, in reply to Mr.—, I promised to...
Frederick Dixon
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What does "the higher tribunal of public opinion" have...
M. I. Whitcroft
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In a recent issue of the News it was stated that a clergyman...
De Witt McMurray
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Christian Science conceives of God as infinite personality,...
R. Stanhope Easterday
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"What shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
Willis D. McKinstry
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BUILDING ARIGHT
Archibald McLellan
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LIFE
John B. Willis
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ECONOMY
Annie M. Knott
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Geoffrey Wilkinson, Edwin Swinford, Albert R. Vail
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"Why, it is a practical religion!" These were the words...
Newton C. Gillham
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I have long wished to express my gratitude for what...
Mary Boisseau Phillips
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I have been an adherent of Christian Science....
A. Maria Becker
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I feel it a duty to express my gratitude for what Christian Science...
Edward B. Fitzgearl
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I wish to express my gratitude for the healing which has...
Alena A. MacKenzie
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I wish to add my testimony for the many practical....
James J. MacKenzie
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I wish to express my gratitude for the blessing that has...
Olive D. Irwin
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I am a believer in Christian Science, although I....
Rex S. Roudebush
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I wish to acknowledge my gratitude to God for the perfect...
B. F. Pritchard
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It is with gratitude to God that I give the following testimony
S. A. Walsh with contributions from Paul Walsh
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I am profoundly grateful for Christian Science
Cordelia A. Johnston
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I have often wanted to send my testimony, since benefits...
Gardner Manning Gale
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I sought the truth for a long time, and finally found it in...
Magdalene Stavenhagen with contributions from G. T. Springer
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Unlike many others, I had had Christian Science....
G. T. Springer
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THE NEW YEAR
JOHN STEEN.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Rollin A. Sawyer, Theodore G. Soares, R. J. Campbell