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The Father Doeth the Works
There is always something wrong when our work in Christian Science assumes the dark aspect of a burden and presses heavily. On careful examination an error in thinking is discovered, and it is usually the one which persistently declares that we have a difficult problem to solve, or a great sense of fear to destroy for ourselves or another. Only as we remember the words of our Master, "I can of mine own self do nothing," will the weight of responsibility be lifted from us and left quietly in the hands of our Father.
The Scriptures state that "God is light, and in him is no darkness at all;" and in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 255) our beloved Leader says, "'Let there be light,' is the perpetual demand of Truth and Love, changing chaos into order and discord into the music of the spheres." How reassuring also is the voice of our loving Father speaking to His children through the prophet Isaiah: "I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them." It is plainly evident that nothing will destroy darkness except light; that in no way can we of ourselves destroy darkness. Yet that is just what we attempt to do when our work becomes a burden—we try to do it of ourselves.

August 30, 1919 issue
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"Know thyself"
MINERVA M. WEBSTER
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Anxiety for the Future
ALFRED F. GOODMAN
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Spontaneous Healing
LUCY S. TRIPPE
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Grace
ANNA I. MC ALLISTER
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Mastering Adverse Circumstances
CECIL E. BENJAMIN
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The Father Doeth the Works
EMMA J. HACKATHORN
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Urim and Thummim
CHARLES V. WINN
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Belief versus Knowledge
HELEN R. WAITE
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In answer to the assertion by a local pastor in his sermon...
Joseph E. Badger in
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A writer states that "Christian Science was born through...
F. B. Schwentker in
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Recognizing the inevitable correlation of Christian practice...
W. Stuart Booth in
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I read with much interest the sermon in which a rector...
M. Scott Till in
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Weak Things That Are Mighty
William P. McKenzie
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Treasure
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from William Merritt Pardue, John M. Dean, Ella E. Manning, Benjamin F. Burtless, C. P. Herd, James S. Baley, Louis J. Lewis, Evelyn M. Carr, Aletta B. Gorman, Asa T. Patterson, Roy M. McCloud, Eric Brown, Alice P. Valley
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As a man daily engaged in the affairs of the business...
Thomas P. Myers
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I have been so much benefited by reading the testimonies...
with contributions from Elizabeth Briggs
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I have been helped in every way by Christian Science
Louise Roberts
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After reading the testimonies in the Sentinel each week...
Mary F. Haines
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Other when suffering from some discordant condition I...
George Allen Bradley
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All through my life I have had a strong desire to know...
Grace K. Bates
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A number of years after my marriage I became a helpless...
Harriet E. Hawley
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About four years ago I first asked for Christian Science...
Lydia Margret Query
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I rejoice and am exceedingly glad that since I became interested...
Mathilda Vor Keller
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I should like to express my thankfulness to God for...
Esther M. Guthrie
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Waller Chinneck, A. G. Graves