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To-day
There is no more mischievous tempter in the path of the progressive present than the unaccountable subtlety of the pressure of discontent,—a robbing of the present by the contemplation of a more satisfactory future. From the selfishness of exuberant youth, up through the pride of prosperous maturity to the fading flower of age, human ingratitude, minimizing the present, from the viewpoint of its preserved innate selfishness, as selfishly looks forward to a coveted future, whose attainment is fraught with continued disappointment and dissatisfaction, inasmuch as satisfaction is not a human possibility.
Joyful satisfaction is found only in divine awakening, a fact realized by the psalmist, when he said, "I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness." There is more restful satisfaction in the humble appreciation, in any measure, of our spiritual birthright, than in all the chasing of promising human shadows called human success. In the Preface to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy says, "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings." Whatever robs to-day of the completeness of one's present sense of the "sustaining infinite," tempting one to ruminate upon a better day,—as if God could be better to one to-morrow than He is to-day,—is the thief and robber denounced by the Master.
To the Master, life was a present unfoldment of God, divine Mind,—a present true or spiritual sense of God reflected, not a future attainment. To him heaven was within,—a divine fact to be realized to-day, and not a future possibility or a hope long deferred. Jesus' to-days and to-morrows were not a sense of time, but a progressive spiritual unfoldment, in the present, of God's ever presence. To God there is no time, only eternity; and to the living Christian the only reality is the present, overshadowed by the practical, spiritual realization of God's presence.
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January 31, 1920 issue
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Man and Woman
LUCY HAYS REYNOLDS
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Joy in Overcoming
DAISY R. STAEHLE
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A Lesson from a Cloud
F. MYRTLE TAGGART
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To-day
JOSEPH G. MANN
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Uplifting Desire
GERTRUDE HARRIS RIX
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Rising Above Limitations
MOLLIE MARGARET HOWE
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Love
E. K. ILLINGWORTH
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The column, "Crusts and Crumbs," in a recent issue,...
George R. Lowe
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The letter from an "Ex-School Teacher" under the caption...
Harry K. Filler
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The Right Beginning for Thought
William P. McKenzie
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The Law of God
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from E. P. Scholfield, Milton J. Moore, Louis Murch, B. F. Biser, Henrietta Tippery, Oliver S. Brown, Roy J. Hutson, Annetta Williams, Ace P. Abell, Charles E. Heitman, Wilber F. Downs
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I wish to give the following testimony of the healing of...
Charlotte Z. Jaloff
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Instantaneous healing through Christian Science is the...
Katharine Sturgis Evans
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Words are inadequate to express my gratitude for Christian Science...
Addie Lee Van Orsdel
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I can never thank God enough for Christian Science
Rosalie Walkes
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With much pleasure I send my testimony of healing in...
Nell Isaacson
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I cannot find words to express my gratitude and joy for...
Hedwig Sigmund
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"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,...
Lois S. Bracken
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No words can quite express my gratitude for the wonderful...
Felix K. A. Dorff
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In 1910 when we were living in the West my husband was...
Abbie Dixon Grant with contributions from David Caswall Grant
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I give this testimony in the hope that it may help some...
James Jacobsen
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For the many blessings received through the study of...
E. S. Burdett
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Since taking up the study of Christian Science five or...
Harry F. Cunningham
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Thomas R. Marshall