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Rendering unto God
The psalmist's query, "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?" speaks for an alert sense both of possession and of obligation; and his answer, "I will take the cup of salvation . . . I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people," is no less interesting for its breadth of practical meaning than for its charm of poetic expression. To be touched and inspired by the divine beneficence, and to fulfil toward all men the instinctive pledges of good doing thus awakened, is to register a great spiritual achievement and prove one's self a Christian.
In his endeavor to this end one is called to think of a good many specific things not named in the psalmist's words though legitimately embraced in his statement. And first we can but recognize the fact that there are no things which can be considered as suitable offerings to God. We can be something for Him, but our salvation is too entirely a matter of grace to warrant any thought of an exchange of values with Him—that we can make any return for His goodness save in our loving obedience and grateful praise. He already possesses all good, while apart from Him we have simply nothing at all.

November 11, 1916 issue
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Rendering unto God
JOHN B. WILLIS
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Supply Unlimited
OLIVE J. MILLIKEN
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Regeneration
MANA WILLIS FISHER
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Overcoming a Bad Habit
SAMUEL J. MACDONALD
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Sunrise
ALICE M. KIBBLE
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The Fourth Commandment
EDITH MAUDE ELLIS
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Plus and Minus
HARRY E. CARTWRIGHT
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The letter from a Congregational minister which was...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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The fact that the Christian Science movement is a world...
B. W. Oppenheim
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In the Examiner there appeared extracts from an address,...
Henry A. Teasdel
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Christian Science teaches, in agreement with the statement...
F. Elmo Robinson
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"Be of good cheer"
ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON
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"Knowledge is power"
Archibald McLellan
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Reproving Sham Poverty
William D. McCrackan
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Physical Healing
Annie M. Knott
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The Lectures
with contributions from John C. Lathrop, Charles M. Shaw, Albert W. Varney
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With a deep sense of gratitude I write this acknowledgment...
Theresa D. Lange
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To say I am grateful for Christian Science and what it has...
Nannie Cornelia Sterling
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Previous to my coming to Christian Science I had been in...
Lottie L. Hart
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From Our Exchanges
with contributions from A. Eugene Bartlett, Ame Vennema, Edward D. Gaylord