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In a report of a sermon, given in the Citizen, it is said...
The Ottawa (Ontario) Citizen
In a report of a sermon, given in the Citizen, it is said that the pastor objected to Christian Science as discrediting the evidence of one's senses. Every attempt at a scientific or philosophical explanation of things aims to correct the evidence of the material senses to some degree. The parallel rails of the railway track seem to meet in the distance. Sky and tree tops seem to mingle. The sun seems to rise and set. Matter seems to be solid substance, yet it can be resolved into what modern physicists term electrons,—invisible forces. So learned a man as the Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour declared years ago that matter is explained by being explained away.
It is unwise to try to put science, philosophy, theology, therapeutics, in separate water-tight compartments. Life is a unity, and must be interpreted spiritually. Spiritual understanding and practice promote health and longevity. Open-minded investigation proves that Christian Science heals all manner of diseases.
Christian Science is not derived from Bishop Berkeley's idealism but from that of Christ Jesus, who said: "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing." He taught that God is Spirit; and so the real man, God's likeness, must be spiritual. Therefore, although to the material senses man seems to die, yet Jesus taught that it is life eternal to know God and His Christ. If we are to know life as real and eternal, we reason that the opposite of life is temporal and unreal. So Paul boldly declares that Christ Jesus abolished death, and that the things that are unseen are eternal. On page 269 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy has written: "The testimony of the material senses is neither absolute nor divine. I therefore plant myself unreservedly on the teachings of Jesus, of his apostles, of the prophets, and on the testimony of the Science of Mind."
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July 21, 1917 issue
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The Tenth Commandment
FRANK BELL
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Divine Mind Constructive
FLORENCE E. B. DONALDSON
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Children and Science
JOHN A. DEADRICH
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"Love thy neighbor"
ETHEL M. MC CANDLESS
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Experience
NINA SEYMOUR KEAY
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In the Courts of God's House
WILLIAM W. DAVIS
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The first mistake made by our critic is his classification of...
F. Elmo Robinson
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In a reported sermon a clergyman makes an unwarranted...
Judge Samuel W. Greene
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In a report of a sermon, given in the Citizen, it is said...
George R. Lowe
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Economic Administration
Archibald McLellan
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Drafting for Service
William D. McCrackan
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Do We Need to be Helped?
Annie M. Knott
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Joy in Giving
Editor
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The Lectures
with contributions from J. Latimer Davis, Harry B. Silver, Leo H. Atwood, Jennie S. Clifton
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When Christian Science found me I was in the depths of...
Eleanor B. Paterson
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It is with a deep some of gratitude that I acknowledge...
Arminda M. Conrad
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During the month of June, 1910, an abscess formed on...
C. H. Strother
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With a heart full of gratitude to God I gladly testify to...
Mary K. Totten
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In gratitude for blessings that have come to us through...
Thomas Emerson
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With gratitude for having been able to realize God's...
Mary B. McLeod
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In 1901, when I had been making two years; college work...
Josephine Pinkham
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Over eighteen years ago I first heard of Christian Science
William H. Hunter
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I was indeed a weary pilgrim, wandering hungry and...
Clara Owen Nelson
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It is a happy privilege to acknowledge the many blessings...
Ethel V. Perkins
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From Our Exchanges
with contributions from Henry E. Jacobs, Archbishop, Joseph Fort Newton, C. H. Brent, William Porcher Du Bose, E. Herman