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The Pueblo (Col.) Chieftain
An evangelist at one of the city churches thinks it is an evidence of "instability" for persons to accept Christian Science. Evidently the gentleman spoke from little personal knowledge of Christian Scientists or he would not entertain such an erroneous view. To denounce the religious views of others who differ from them has been a favorite method with disputatious theologians from time immemorial; but these verbal volleys have accomplished little of value, and their weakness is clearly apparent when measured by the life and work of Christ Jesus, who brushed aside theological dogmas and boldly declared that the test of a man's knowledge of God was result, and these results were to be manifested in healing the sick and reforming the sinner. Christian Scientists accept Jesus' standard of judgment, and through their teaching the divine method of healing the sick and the sinning is again reinstated, as in the time of primitive Christianity. It is furthermore evident that those who refuse to obey the command of Jesus to "heal the sick" can more rightly be charged with "instability" than Christian Scientists who strive to follow all the commands of the Master.
This critic further charges that Christian Science "binds the brains," whatever that may mean. If by this remark he means that Christian Science hinders the genuine intellectual and spiritual development of its students, he is greatly mistaken, since it has no such effect. An organization which has spread all over the civilized world in the short space of forty years, has built beautiful churches in our great cities, publishes a great metropolitan daily newspaper, and numbers among its adherents many eminent men and women in all walks of life, can hardly with sincerity be accused of mental stagnation.
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July 19, 1913 issue
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FEAR OVERCOME
WILLIAM D. MC CRACKAN, M.A.
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"IN HONOR PREFERRING ONE ANOTHER."
SADIE KIEKINTVELD.
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DOING THE NEXT THING
JOSEPH B. BAKER.
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"THE DAY OF SALVATION."
FLORIA A. MOCATTA.
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INTERPRETING THE MATERIAL
GRACE SQUIRES.
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THE SINGLE EYE
ADA JANE MILLER.
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REASON FOR REJOICING
WILLIAM O. FREEMAN.
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A Melbourne daily recently gave, in an extract from the...
David Anderson
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Christian Science certainly does teach that to the Mind...
John W. Doorly
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The Bible teaches that a fountain cannot send forth sweet...
Thomas F. Watson
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Statements in a recent issue are so extremely unjust in...
John L. Rendall
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An evangelist at one of the city churches thinks it is an...
Ezra W. Palmer
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WHO SHALL DECIDE?
Archibald McLellan
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WE MUST TRY TO FLY
John B. Willis
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TRUTH'S CLEANSING POWER
Annie M. Knott
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Edward de Graffenreid, C. B. Edwards, W. S. Hill, John E. Little, Percy Willis, Thomas Nelson, H. B. McClure, Derwent S. Whittlesey
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The daughter of an old-school physician, born and reared...
Ethel A. Robinson
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It is now about twenty-five years since I first heard of...
Henrietta E. Bottorff
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When I first became interested in Christian Science and...
Ida E. Ziegler
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It is with a heart overflowing with gratitude for what...
Zoe Swarens Davis
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Christian Science came to me, as it has come to many of...
Grace A. Slocum
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I send this testimony to express my gratitude for Christian Science,...
Tine Prange with contributions from A. Prange
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After five years' enjoyment of the blessings experienced...
Charles H. Lindley
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I am more grateful than mere words can express for...
Bertha Yeager
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I am indeed glad at this time to be able to say something...
Otto A. Johnson
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Art thou cast down? Learn well the meanings God hath...
William W. Porter
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
with contributions from Samuel A. Eliot, James W. Lee