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EVIL REVERSED
When reading the ninth chapter of Acts, thought turns involuntarily toward the little group of Christians at Damascus. We cannot help picturing what their mental attitude must have been when they knew that Saul of Tarsus—the persecutor who had watched and consented to the stoning of Stephen, Saul, the lawyer who could pick to pieces any defense which they might make, Saul with the power and authority of the chief priests behind him—had actually started for Damascus with the avowed intention of bringing them bound unto Jerusalem.
It would be difficult to imagine a more unpromising outlook for that little group of disciples! Viewed from a human standpoint, there was not one hopeful thing about this episode, not a single loophole by which they might escape. That they loyally trusted in God to deliver them we may safely conclude, but that there was some fear is shown by Ananias' answer to the angel, "Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem." We see reluctance on the part of Ananias to come into any personal relation with Saul, until reassured by the voice of God. But Ananias need not have feared, for the Saul of Tarsus who left Jerusalem never arrived at Damascus. In his place came "Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God."

August 3, 1912 issue
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NO OLD AGE IN TRUTH
IRVING C. TOMLINSON, M. A.
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HEAVEN'S FAVORS
LUCY HAYS EASTMAN.
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"I GIRDED THEE"
MAUD DUNN.
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THE GOOD AND THE TRUE
CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
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"QUICK UNDERSTANDING"
CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.
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A BAR TO PROGRESS
IDA CLARK ALLINGHAM.
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OBEDIENCE
JOHN E. FELLERS.
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EVIL REVERSED
MARY HORNIBROOK CUMMINS.
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The address on Christian Science, given by a clergyman...
Frederick Dixon
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It is strange to us that the reverend gentleman, after...
R. Stanhope Easterday
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LOVE EVER THE THEME
Archibald McLellan
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"THY TESTIMONIES ARE VERY SURE"
John B. Willis
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"LOOK UNTO ME"
Annie M. Knott
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from George W. Foster, Frau Consul Vintzens, Mr. Camm, Wilson G. S. Lowe, A. L. Scott, C. P. McAllaster, Ida J. Mesick, A. Hollingsworth, Myrtle Clark Hovey
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One afternoon during a recent epidemic of eye trouble in...
Milo D. Webster
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After five months of suffering I consulted a physician,...
Margaret B. Day
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I am a trained nurse, and my home is in Chattanooga, Tenn
Catherine Wilbun
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Twenty-two years ago I first heard of Christian Science,...
Alice Kidney with contributions from Chas. E. Kidney
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I want to tell of my wonderful healing of severe stomach...
Alice H. Murch
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For a long time I have felt that I should publicly express...
Susa G. J. Barnsley
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I am very grateful for the healing power of Truth as . . .
Frank L. McCurdy
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Christian Science came to me over four years ago
Mrs. Wilmot Daly
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If I could say something which would help any hungering...
Belle P. Glaze
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I am very glad to make public acknowledgment of the...
Zilda Williams
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WITH THEE
LAURA GERAHTY.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Livingston L. Taylor, Lyman Abbott, Frederick B. Pullan