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True Liberty
Liberty , in its generally accepted sense, means freedom from bondage or as a dictionary defines it, "the state or fact of being free ... opposed to bondage." Through the study of the Scriptures, where the use of the word liberty is frequent, and through the thoughtful consideration of its spiritual significance as used by Mrs. Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" liberty comes to have an entirely new meaning, one which brings to the earnest student of Christian Science a realization of the dominion that is the inevitable result of apprehending the true idea of liberty. Embracing as it does only that which is real, that which is of God, good, and rejecting that which is unreal, the counterfeit of good, true liberty must be infinite—that which is, now and forever. It must be always present, because being infinite it could never be absent. It must be complete, because nothing can be taken from or added to that which is infinite; and because infinity is never for a moment without its complete and perfect expression, man, it follows that man must reflect, express, and know all there is to know about true liberty. The ever presence of liberty having been established, the consciousness of its ever presence must be apparent to man now.
When Christ Jesus sent the seventy disciples about the Father's business he gave them this instruction: "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Every one of the seventy had to make that instruction his own by proving the truth of it for himself before he could demonstrate that truth in the breaking of bonds for another. Doubtless patience, perseverance, and courage were requisite in the proving, but when the seventy returned from the scenes of their labors they came rejoicing in their knowledge that the Christidea, the demonstrable truth which they practiced, gave them dominion over every false belief that attempted to call itself a reality. By refusing to entertain it as consciousness they had proved the "power of the enemy" powerless—no power. Small wonder they rejoiced in the eternal truth they had established as a law of liberty for those unto whom they ministered.

October 23, 1920 issue
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True Liberty
HAZEL ZIMMERMAN
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Demand and Supply
FANNIE BAKER BONNER
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Human Will Power Condemned
GEOFFREY HAMLYN
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God's Protection
MARY M. BEASLEY
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Man Is Spiritual and Immortal
LEVI N. BLYDENBURGH
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Ever Varied Opportunity
HELEN E. BRIGGS
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Abundance
MARY E. ARMSTRONG
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Along the Way
ADRIENNE BARTO
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Protection
Frederick Dixon
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"Literature and languages"
Gustavus S. Paine
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Awake Thou
BERTHA TRABAND MYERS
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So many cases of poverty need healing to-day, so many...
Violet B. Sanborn
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For one made happy in every way through Christian Science,...
Essie W. Morris
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With a grateful heart I wish to testify to the help received...
Fritz Ackermeier
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I have long been reading the many fine and helpful testimonies...
Christine Christensen
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The study of Christian Science was taken up about three...
W. L. Breslich
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Christian Science is indeed the greatest blessing that can...
Florence D. Garlock
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About seven or eight years ago, I was taken sick very...
W. S. Campbell
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Gratitude for the knowledge of Christian Science impels...
Doris M. Fennell
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When I first looked into Christian Science I had no...
Hortense Bean
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As I have received so much peace and comfort from the...
Lisbeth Belle Scott
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It would be impossible to enumerate the many blessings...
Ella Washburn Sands
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I once heard a gentleman who had just come from a...
Grace D. Warren
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Through these lines I hope to help others, that they may...
Käte Kutschwalski
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from James L. Gordon, Thomas Nelson, Thomas Lutman, Frank Tannebaum, Stanley A. Cook, J. Edmund Buttree
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Notices
with contributions from Charles E. Jarvis