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All-protecting Love
While most Christian people would admit that God protects and provides for all His creatures, some are shocked if they are told that Christian Scientists sometimes extend their help to animals and birds. It would seem, however, that any protest along this line has no support, as on page 550 of Science and Health we have this unequivocal statement: "God is the Life, or intelligence, which forms and preserves the individuality and identity of animals as well as of men."
It is quite true that the animal kingdom as seen through the lens of material sense does not express the divine creation, which is never less than spiritual, but neither does humanity as thus seen reveal the man of God's creating. So far as the mortal sense of things is concerned, Paul is right in saying that "the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now." No one can deny that many of the qualities which prove man to be quite other than a thing of clay, are reflected by the lower creatures; as, for instance, fidelity, affection, gentleness, etc. Mrs. Eddy tells us (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 36) that "the ferocious mind seen in the beast is mortal mind, which is harmful and proceeds not from God; for His beast is the lion that lieth down with the lamb." In so far as the student of Christian Science does any work for a sick or suffering creature, it is to demonstrate to himself and others the perfection of God's creation and the universality of the spiritual law which protects and governs all that expresses the creative Mind.

February 20, 1915 issue
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Income and Outgo
WILLARD S. MATTOX
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School Days
KATE W. BUCK
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Ark of the Covenant
RICHARD P. VERRALL
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Eleventh-hour Men
BARBARA COOPER-CUSHMAN
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Our Church
GERTRUDE SMITH
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"Fowls of the air"
JULIA C. ODREN
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I prayed for wealth:...
Frank N. Riale
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The Rev. Mr.—seems to consider that he is holding a...
Charles W. J. Tennant
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The report of a sermon on Christian Science, which was...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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The California Christian Advocate recently published an...
Thomas F. Watson
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The Rev. Mr.—is reported in a recent issue to have...
Ezra W. Palmer
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Will you allow me space to explain to your readers some...
W. D. Kilpatrick
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In a recent issue I notice the remarks of the bishop of...
John W. Doorly
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Alone with God
KATHERINE FINNIGAN ANDERSON
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More Abundant Life
Archibald McLellan
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All-protecting Love
Annie M. Knott
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"So shine"
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 C. C. Ogilvie, A. Y. Scott, W. J. Leach, W. C. Jacobs, William B. Connor, Frank C. Rogers, L. E. Rudd, Frederick Baker
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Sentenced to die by the unanimous vote of a council of...
Fred Arthur Mallery with contributions from E. L. Packard, Elden Lord Packard, Fred A. Mallery, Ida Kate Schultze
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For several years it has been my privilege to read the...
Vernette H. Huntley
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As I always enjoy reading the testimonies, I send my...
Emily Harding with contributions from E. Hawkins
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From Our Exchanges
with contributions from R. J. Campbell, Herbert Booth Smith