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There is positively nothing in the writings of Mrs. Eddy,...
Indianapolis (Ind.) Star
There is positively nothing in the writings of Mrs. Eddy, or in any authorized Christian Science literature, that says directly or indirectly, or implies in any way, that Mrs. Eddy will "rise from the dead" or return to earth. The statement by an evangelist, in the article giving his opinion of Christian Science, in a recent issue, to the effect that Christian Scientists expect Mrs. Eddy to return here, serves to show the utter abandon with which he refers to the movement that has brought health and happiness to hundreds of thousands of suffering mortals. His statements about Christian Science evidence either a deliberate intention not to understand, or that he speaks from sources entirely unreliable.
A detailed discussion of all the erroneous references our brother made Christian Science is quite unnecessary when it is seen that he has tried to apply to the relative sense of man, which is the mortal or physical man, what Christian Science teaches about absolute man, or man in God's image and likeness. A sincere seeker for truth soon learns that "when man is spoken of as made in God's image, it is not sinful and sickly mortal man who is referred to, but the ideal man, reflecting God's likeness" (Science and Health, p. 346). Christian Science proves that man in God's image and likeness, the spiritual man, is never sick and never dies; but it does not deny that sin, sickness, disease, and death seem very real to the mortal or material man, "until God strips off their disguise" (p. 472).
Instead of Christian Science setting forth any such absurd notion as that "prayer is idle," it is showing multitudes how to pray constantly. Christian Science teaches that God is Mind, divine Love, infinite Principle, and that we are certainly in no position to advise Him what is best for His children. Christian Science teaches, too, that the motives behind our prayers are known by Him, and whether it be a petition or a song of praise, the answer is in proportion as we sincerely and understandingly put into practice the command of the Master: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."
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June 12, 1915 issue
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"Not as the world giveth"
IRVING C. TOMLINSON, M.A.
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"Begin to possess"
MARY HICKS VAN DER BURGH
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Testimonies
GERTRUDE SANDS SHERIDAN
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Right Standards
ALFRED F. GOODMAN
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Transitional Periods
ALFRED FARLOW
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A Silent Sentry
AMY C. FARISS
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"Awake thou that sleepest"
J. BALFOUR ELLIS
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When a person who can write the word Reverend before...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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Some of the statements made by Dr.—in the course of...
J. Arnold Haughton
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The Rev. Mr.—tells us that Christian Science is...
Thomas F. Watson
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It is regrettable that any one should consider it necessary...
Charles E. Jarvis
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A gentleman of Passaic asks, in a recent issue, "How can...
Robert S. Ross
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Abundance of Good
Archibald McLellan
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"A living sacrifice"
Annie M. Knott
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The Peace of Good
John B. Willis
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The Lectures
with contributions from Jeff Hassell, J. J. Paddock , Neely Powers, Harry H. Hess, R. C. Jackson, George G. Weaks, L. C. Nichols
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It is with a sense of gratitude that I refer to the many...
L. L. Woodruff
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When I first began the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,"...
Mirtie E. Robertson
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I send my testimony from a heart overflowing with gratitude...
Lucy L. Converse with contributions from Edmond D. Converse
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It is indeed a great privilege to give to the world this...
Lillian E. Amann
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It is nearly five years since I heard of Christian Science
Robert W. Sergel
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"When angels visit us," Mrs. Eddy writes, "we do not...
Katharine Norton Pinkham
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When Christian Science was brought to my attention by a...
Christina Gilbertson with contributions from David E. Gilbertson
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I suffered for several years with severe anemia, which...
Antoinette Rheinwald
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Words cannot tell what Christian Science has done and is...
Lulu M. Ballak
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