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The report of an address on Christian Science before...
Victoria (Canada) Times
The report of an address on Christian Science before the church summer school, rightly calls for some comment. The division of Christendom into many differing creeds and churches proves the lack of uniformity of thought on religious questions; but when one's difference of opinion develops into denunciation, he is perilously near that unreasoning intolerance which has cursed the past so abundantly.
It is not in any sense correct to say that "Christian Science is the creed of a class," or that "it is a plea for the prosperous who are weary of life." Its appeal is universal. It is the appeal for good thinking and good living, and in this appeal there can be no class distinctions. Christian Science is being sought by rich and poor alike, although in most instances the latter lose their sense of poverty as they gain a better understanding of man's relation to God.
The speaker's acknowledgment that "Christian Science has produced physical, mental, and moral cures," belies his statement that it is "anti-Christian," or that it is "scientifically cruel," whatever he means by that. Christian Science teaches, not that all existence is a dream, but only the untrue sense of being. St. Paul's exhortation to "put off the old man," or the carnal, evil sense of man, implies that that sense of man is not worth keeping; in other words, it is not divinely real, but in its relation to reality is as a dream.
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September 15, 1917 issue
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Man's God-given Dominion
JUDGE CLIFFORD P. SMITH
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Praise and Thanksgiving
JOAN MACDONALD
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Activity
JOHN M. DEAN
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"Little foxes"
FREDERICK R. RHODES
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A Robin's Song
ELEANOR S. STURTEVANT
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The "Key to the Scriptures"
EDITH AZALIA ADAMS BAILEY
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Shadows
EDITH L. PERKINS
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In the March number of the North American Review...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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In a report of a lecture under the caption "Intellectual...
Frederick R. Rhodes
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The report of an address on Christian Science before...
Samuel Greenwood
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My attention has been drawn to an article entitled...
Charles W.J. Tennant
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The Near Future
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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The Trumpet Call
William P. McKenzie
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Habits
William D. McCrackan
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Pleasure and Pain
Annie M. Knott
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Admission to Membership in The Mother Church
John V. Dittemore
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The Lectures
with contributions from Zella S. Reidhead, William K. Sheldon, Thomas W. Dixson, Mildred Barnes Hill, Vira P. Dunn
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Like many others, I came into Christian Science when...
Fred Dana Yale
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Christian Science has been in our home almost ever...
Vivian Godfrey Buchanan
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One afternoon, toward the end of November, 1915, I...
Mme. D. Dizier
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It is with a sense of deep gratitude for the numerous...
Clara P. Nuess
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It is over six years since Christian Science was demonstrated...
Minnie I. Dillow
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One Sunday morning I found upon arising that my...
Emma Melcher
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I have received much encouragement from reading and...
Margaret Dalrymple
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Because I have been helped so many times by reading...
Elizabeth Theodorson
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About six years ago I first turned to Christian Science...
Mino Price Green
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In the summer of 1908 I was led into Christian Science...
Harley R. Gebhart
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It is with sincere gratitude for Christian Science that...
Minnie C. Moser
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Some eighteen years ago I had an attack of sciatica,...
T. Chambers Mills
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One day about five years ago, while my thirteen year...
Mildred Hansen
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