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Love's Ministry
One who has received without question the belief of the majority of Christian people,—that the healing works of Jesus of Nazareth were for his time only, and for those alone who came under his immediate ministry,—and who believes unquestioningly that the days of so-called miracles are past, cannot understand the expressions made by Christian Scientists of faith in the continuity of God's loving and active relation with man, though these declarations are made with the clearness and fearlessness of demonstrable truth. Even when fortified with proof as clear as that which he would accept as conclusive in his daily affairs, one does not receive with patience these statements that the laws of God are as operative and available for good now, and in every phase of human experience, as when utilized by the Master and his immediate disciples.
To one who is satisfied with a fragment of the Christly garment, the promise "My presence shall go with thee" has not now a part in the experience of every-day life, where the so-called laws of nature hold cruel and merciless sway; nor to one who is content with a limited perspective of a far-off God, has the blessed assurance "I will heal thee" the significance of a promise kept. And yet he who has received even the faintest gleam from the light of Christian Science, knows that this light is the dawn of that knowledge of God which reveals spiritual law, the law of health, holiness, and immortality, and which brings freedom and dominion. He knows that this message of Love's saving power is continuous for all time and for all peoples; that Truth is as surely corrective of error as in Jesus' day, as capable of demonstration and realization by humanity as when the Master was about the "Father's business" in Palestine.

August 14, 1915 issue
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Love's Sure Reward
ROBERT NALL
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Spiritual Manifestation
GRACE SQUIRES
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The Lesson-Sermon
KATE HOLT
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit"
KATE WEBER
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Love's Ministry
OLIVER M. CUNNINGHAM
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Glory of Reflection
J. LILIAN VANDEVERE
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Guidance
FRANCES THOMPSON HILL
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The fact that a clergyman would not allow a lecture on...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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Our critic says the doctrines of Christian Science "should...
Walter S. Cross
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In the report of a lecture at Leigh on "Miracles," which...
Harold Priestman
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"I will trust in thee"
Archibald McLellan
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A Peculiar People
John B. Willis
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Elemental Thought
Annie M. Knott
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The Lectures
with contributions from J. W. Norvell, Albert E. Barnard, O. C. Soots, Benjamin Eitlegeorge, George Shaw Cook, W. E. Kinney, James P. Eilenberger, Alex Berg, W. S. Raeder
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A sense of deep gratitude prompts me to tell of the blessings...
Florence G. Peach
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During November, 1902, while residing in a small town in...
C. V. McMannamy
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I am deeply grateful for the many blessings that I have...
Katherine Lovelace Draper
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To say I am thankful for the blessings which Christian Science...
Laura Hanks with contributions from Charles E. Hanks, Jr.
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I herewith wish to give my thank-offerings for the help...
Mathilde Matthiesen Kullrich
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I am deeply grateful for all that Christian Science has...
Florence Spellman
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From Our Exchanges
with contributions from John Reid Shannon