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Radclife (England) Times
I would like to state that the object of my letter in answer to Doctor—'s criticism of Christian Science was to insist upon the fact that Christian Science is a religion which has a spiritual message for mankind. It seems a pity that because in obedience to the commands of our Master it also includes physical healing within its faith, it should be spoken of as rather mean and selfish. It is true that physical healing is the element of Christian Science which has most largely arrested the attention of the world; nevertheless that does not make it less true that the primary object of Christian Science is not to heal, but to take away the sins of the world.
The physical healing is a sign or proof of spiritual understanding, as I stated, but from this it does not follow that it should be the primary aim of Christian Science to "produce those signs and proofs, and when they are produced the work of Christian Science is over." That might be so if the physical healing were a sign of complete spiritual perfection; but no one, I think, has ever urged that it is. Moreover, many Christian Scientists have not stood in need of physical healing, but have been attracted to this religion by its spiritual power and beauty.

August 21, 1915 issue
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Teaching in the Sunday School
REV. JAMES J. ROME
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"The great commandment"
RALPH B. SCHOLFIELD
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Man's Heritage of Joy
LOUISE KNIGHT WHEATLEY
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Supply Spiritual
FRANCES A. HALDANE
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Christian Science and the Jew
ISRAEL GITTELSON
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"Ever with me"
ADELA V. SCRIMGEOUR
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The sermon on "Christian Science and Christian Logic,"...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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A recent issue, reporting the sermon of an evangelist holding...
W. D. Kilpatrick
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I would like to state that the object of my letter in...
J. Arnold Haughton
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A few days ago an item appeared in your paper which...
Robert S. Ross
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A Religion of Work
Archibald McLellan
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"Know thyself"
Annie M. Knott
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Following the Trail
John B. Willis
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The Lectures
with contributions from Francis O. Cass, John E. Lautner, A. P. Sharp, Charles Nickoll, J. A. C. Fraser, C. C. Hearnsberger, John Brown, Alvin Hunsicker
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It is now over eight glad years since I first heard of...
Clara E. Snyder
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It is with a feeling of deep gratitude for the understanding...
Fannie L. Schulze
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Christian Science has cured members of four generations...
Thora B. Buchanan
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For some time I have desired to give my testimony of...
Jennie Hardin Disney
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In the year 1911 my wife, who had been an invalid for...
George D. Burdett
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On Thanksgiving night, 1905, I was at a friend's house,...
Drucilla Hale Collar
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It is with a heart filled with gratitude that I wish to testify...
Friedrich Bergmann
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Christian Science came into my life at a time of great...
Louisa R. Ford
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From Our Exchanges
with contributions from R. J. Campbell, A. B. Curtis