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ONE GOD, ONE POWER
In the chapter, "Animal Magnetism Unmasked," in Science and Health, on page 102, Mrs. Eddy writes, "Mankind must learn that evil is not power;" and while this learning may at times seem to be a slow and almost interminable process, it is essential not only to a thorough mastery of Christian Science, but also to that freedom from sin and sickness which Jesus preached and demonstrated and to which all mankind is entitled. Mortals have gone along for centuries believing and declaring that evil is power, that it acts with more certainty than does good, and, at least inferentially, that God is its author and uses it ultimately to make men good.
This latter belief, which has been conspicuous in the unthinking routine of daily affairs, is one of the most subtle and enslaving illusions to which mortals have given allegiance. If Mrs. Eddy had not taken issue with this concept of God, her teachings would not have met with such determined opposition as has marked the past thirty-eight years, and the efforts to misrepresent and overthrow Christian Science during that time would not have been so persistent. To have followed popular beliefs would have been a much easier course and would have made her a popular preacher though ephemeralizing her work; but fortunately for humanity Mrs. Eddy had the courage to withstand temptations of this kind. As she says on page x of the Preface of Science and Health, in speaking of her work, "The author has not compromised conscience to suit the general drift of thought, but has bluntly and honestly given the text of Truth."

June 21, 1913 issue
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PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY
CLARENCE W. CHADWICK.
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DIVINE EVER-PRESENCE
LUCY HAYS EASTMAN.
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GOD'S PROTECTING CARE
LLOYD B. COATE.
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"BE THOU FAITHFUL."
W. STUART BOOTH.
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"ALL THAT I HAVE IS THINE."
FRANCES M. GORRELL.
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I am sure that the Vicar of Tenterden, in the attitude he...
Frederick Dixon
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As to those scoffing at the Christian Science idea of one...
R. Stanhope Easterday
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I was greatly interested and pleased by the article in your...
Allan F. McIntyre
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The Bishop of Calgary, some time ago, condemned Christian Science...
William Clarence Ferguson
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In a recent issue the editor seems to be laboring under...
Thomas F. Watson
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SEEKING THE LIGHT
MARY LOUISE FERGUSON.
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ONE GOD, ONE POWER
Archibald McLellan
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DRUGS OR DIVINITY?
John B. Willis
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SONSHIP
Annie M. Knott
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Frank L. Dodge, John Charles Thompson, J. W. Doorly, Warren O. Evans, Esther B. Dickey, Emerson B. Gorsuch, R. Lee McCulloch, Arthur J. Arwine, Nathaniel Dyke
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From boyhood I was afflicted with so-called stomach...
Charles G. Carlson
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About nineteen years ago my brother, who was then...
Clarice Parkinson
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Like many others, I have great reason to be thankful for...
Cora Walter Badgley
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The sweet, healing influences of Christian Science have...
Arsella E. Roberts
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It was in 1907 that we first came into Christian Science,...
Delford McGrew
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"SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM"
DAISY L. STWALLEY.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Charles Strong, Sidney M. Berry, Stanley A. Mellor