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There is nothing in this world for which mankind has a...
Weymouth (England) Telegram
There is nothing in this world for which mankind has a greater respect than matter, as matter is commonly conceived, and there is certainly nothing which less deserves its respect. The cardinal difference between Christian Science and every other philosophical system lies in this, as Mrs. Eddy puts it: "that by knowing the unreality of disease, sin, and death, you demonstrate the allness of God" (Unity of Good, p. 9). No other thinker since the day of Jesus and his disciples has ever got anywhere near this; if one had, he would have met with the same opposition as has Christian Science. The ancients, it is true, represented matter as a privation, but that is quite another thing and leaves people as comfortably material as they were before. Again, the scientific idealists, from the time of Berkeley down at any rate, proclaimed the unreality of matter, but that did not prevent them from acting precisely as if it were real, so that there was a genuine excuse for Lord Byron's famous epigram:—
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter,"
And proved it,—'twas no matter what he said.
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September 26, 1914 issue
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A Defense of Human Rights
JUDGE CLIFFORD P. SMITH
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"They shall never perish"
HELEN ANDREWS NIXON
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Spiritual Birth
GRACE SQUIRES
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True Sympathy
HON. MRS. FRANCES PORTER
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The Dream Dispelled
WILLIAM E. BROWN
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"Strengthen thy brethren"
ELSIE E. EDWARDS
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Grateful Praise
CAROLINE H. FISKE
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There is nothing in this world for which mankind has a...
Frederick Dixon
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In the Bible we are admonished to "overcome evil with...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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Will you allow me to say a word with regard to the...
Algernon Hervey Bathurst
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An extract from a sermon by Professor—,published...
David Anderson
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In a recent issue the announcement of a public drama contains...
George Shaw Cook
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Credo
HERBERT H. YEAMES
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No Other Cause or Effect
Archibald McLellan
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Friends and Foes
Annie M. Knott
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Our Part
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 LeNoir White, John A. Luce, James F. Foster, Leigh Toland
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It is with a heart full of gratitude that I endeavor to...
Nannie P. Shankland
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For several years I suffered from rheumatism and nervous...
Louis Beauverd
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In the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
Marianne Maude Metcalf
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Words cannot express our gratitude and thankfulness for...
Lydia J. Ingalls
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About six years ago a newspaper man who was stopping...
Florence C. MacFarland
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I will try to tell what Christian Science has done for...
Rosetta Kinkade
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I am frequently asked if Christian Science has healed me...
Minnie S. Millar
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