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Constructing and Reconstructing
TO one desiring to build an edifice successfully, first must come the planning and thought building. The cost, a place upon which to erect the structure, the materials to be used, and solidity of foundation,—all must be considered before a step toward building can be taken. To make firm and secure against time and storm, a building must have a solid foundation. If the site to be used is level and free from false growth, the work of erection can begin at once. If it be heaped full of debris or overgrown with brushwood and noxious weeds, or perhaps obstructed with a badly settled, crumbling building of the past upon it, then the work of construction is delayed by the labor of first preparing the ground. For the new structure one wants good material that has lasting qualities and looks well. With care he inspects all the different parts. It is important that the heating, lighting, and plumbing systems should be placed to the best advantage.
As the building of material houses requires system, painstaking care, and perseverance, so does our building in Christian Science. Most of us come to Science in a mental state which is a mixture of inherited beliefs, mortal laws, and human reasonings, constituting an abode where inharmony may be found. We are likely to find in these mental abodes lights that are dim and unsteady; the expected radiation of sympathy and love sometimes weakens, and instead there is found the heat of hatred, and criticism even of those most loved. Desires often are impure and roiled by unfiltered teachings, and the doors are found open for the entrance of gossip, ingratitude, and contagion. The foundation of such a home is sure to be weak and oft crumbling away. Personal ambition, fear, pain, false appetites, frequently abide in the mentality built in such a haphazard manner by evil environments and traditions.

December 6, 1919 issue
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Cain and Abel
RICHARD P. VERRALL
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Cobwebs
JOHN SIDNEY BRAITHWAITE
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The Divine Vistas
ZONA BERG
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Divine Protection
BIRD STEWART SCOTLAND
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Constructing and Reconstructing
RUTH E. WILLIAMS
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The Meaning of Christian Science
MARTEL I. MICKEY
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The Journey
MARGARET MORRISON
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In a recent issue is an interview with one who claims to...
Robert G. Steel in
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"G. S. H." seems to be strangely fascinated by his conception...
George R. Lowe in
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In The Saturday Review appears an interesting letter in...
Samuel J. Macdonald in
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A Citizen of Zion
William P. McKenzie
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"A shining light"
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from Franklin Dickey, Anis McAvoy, Christine Paulson, William R. Best, A.A. Tobias, Thomas C. Hollingshead, Caroline E. Krause, Elting Alexander
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Whenever I have not been able to lift my thoughts above...
LILLIAN PHILLIPS
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It is now about eleven years since I first had the privilege...
D. Demas with contributions from NATALIE E. ZILLER
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A few years ago the Christian Science textbook,...
ANNIE OSLAND
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My little girl, when about two years old, fell from a...
EMMA W. SCHWENCKE
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I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science and...
SALLY R. HEWETT
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I was suffering from great mental depression, and for...
with contributions from BETTY TICHENOR BARCUS
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It is with the earnest hope that our experience may...
MARY RAYMAKER
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I first heard of Christian Science many years ago, but...
Edgar L. Tapscott
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It is with gratitude that I testify to the daily good received...
AGNES C. ROBINSON
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I cannot withhold my testimony any longer, having benefited...
KATE C. LAWRENCE
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In 1912 I came into Christian Science for the healing of...
DEL SEANURE FERGUSON
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Roger W. Babson, C. B. Stetson