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DISPELLING EVIL
Meteorologists were somewhat interested at one time, it is said, in a possible device for dispelling tornadoes—something to establish a counteraction and prevent or scatter the approaching storm. Could such a thing be accomplished, it would well illustrate the relation of Christian Science teaching and treatment to the mental storms of humanity; for this Science brings to light the need for intelligently employing prayer to dispel all manifestations of evil, and it establishes the sure method by which this may be done. In Science and Health (p. 332) we read of the Christ-idea "speaking to the human consciousness. ... dispelling the illusions of the senses; ... healing the sick and casting out evils, destroying sin, disease, and death."
The nature of Christian Science treatment makes it inevitably a destroyer of evil; for this treatment is prayer based upon the omnipotence and omnipresence of God, and it reckons with good only as the fact of creation. The thoughts embodied therein are divine in origin; whatever is human, personal, or material is properly no part of the treatment. Right prayer is inspired by the divine Mind, inasmuch as such prayer is the declaration of the almighty and invincible presence of God. It comes in answer to that outreaching right desire which opens the way to the intelligent and satisfying contemplation of God and His works as they really are.

August 24, 1912 issue
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DISPELLING EVIL
BLANCHE HERSEY HOGUE.
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THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
EDWARD H. CARMAN.
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"AND YE SHALL KNOW."
MINNIE E. COOK.
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CONCERNING OPTIMISM
W. T. SELLECK.
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"THY TEACHERS."
ERNEST C. MOSES.
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WHAT IS SIN?
COUNTESS FANNY VON MOLTKE.
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SPIRITUAL VISION
JEAN B. WOOD.
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PROTECTION
ROSE HENNIKER HEATON.
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In his list of "twenty greatest women" which appeared...
Clinton B. Burgess
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Christian Science has healed, and does heal, every kind...
William J. Bonnin
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I have read in a recent issue a reference to the letter by...
Algernon Hervey-Bathurst
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John's understanding of Jesus and his teachings did not...
W. C. Williams
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CAUSE FOR COURAGE
GRACE ROBERTA WASSON.
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HEARERS AND DOERS
Archibald McLellan
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UNFAILING TRUTH
Annie M. Knott
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LOVE AND LAW
John B. Willis
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ADMISSION TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE MOTHER CHURCH
John V. Dittemore
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Mrs. Ward, Charles E. Taylor, Paul A. Harsch, Nehemiah A. Baker, L. N. Mitchell, Ernest Dayton, C. L. McKesson, Avery Coonley
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I wish to express my gratitude, in part at least, for what...
Anna Ruah Higley
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I have a deep sense of gratitude for what Christian Science...
Henry M. Marose
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About three years ago, while diligently pursuing the...
Lois Humphries
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It is over eight years ago that I first had the opportunity...
Louise E. Smith
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It seems almost like ingratitude when we fail to express...
Nellie M. Whiteside
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I have had many experiences of healing in Christian Science,...
Jennie Hering with contributions from Lotta E. Fasken
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It is with the deepest sense of gratitude that I acknowledge ...
Katherine B. Crawford
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About five years ago, my mother, who was suffering from...
Josephine E. Forster
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from A. P. Doyle, R. J. Hutcheon