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"Excellency of speech"
Paul, that tireless advocate of right thinking, has given to the world in his first letter to the Corinthians an urgent plea for right speaking, or, as he so fittingly puts it, "excellency of speech." It is significant to the Christian Scientist to note that Paul begins at once to impress upon his readers the necessity of voicing only that which is good when he says, "I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge." Think what it means to us to know that real man as perfect idea of the one perfect Mind can neither speak nor think anything that is unlike that perfect Mind! Could there be a more lasting demonstration of the power of Truth and Love than to have every individual one meets each day think and speak only that which is good—only that which is true, and consequently only that which is founded upon Principle?
Is not that what Paul has in mind when he goes on to say, "Now I beseech you, brethren, ... that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment"?
June 5, 1920 issue
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The Gathering of the People
SARAH BEATRICE SLOTE
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Practice and Theory
STUART SESSIONS
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Arguments of Self-deception Unreal
HELEN W. BARNARD
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"Use hospitality"
LUCY E. DOE
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Right Results
LUCY H. MC DONALD
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"Excellency of speech"
HAZEL L. ZIMMERMAN
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Be Joyful
ETHEL SANOR COMMERFORD
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The Unreality of Evil
Frederick Dixon
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Going Forward
Gustavus S. Paine
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Lead Thy Captivity Captive
E. B. SARGANT
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The Lectures
with contributions from Soren A. Thorensen, Ellen Beach Yaw, Eric Carr, W. Taylor Stone, C. F. Dewey, C. A. Clark, William D. Fenner, Elmore S. Vickery, Walter L. Anderson, May Barris, Anna Robinson
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I write this testimony with deep gratitude to God and to...
Jessie Alice Grant with contributions from G. H. Grant
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I have many reasons for gratitude to Christian Science
Josephine Blanchard
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I did not come into Christian Science for myself, but for...
Kate A. French
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Christian Science has been my ever present help for a...
Evelyn Swenson
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In the spring of the year 1914 I was so ill that I felt...
Walter W. Moberg
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I would like to add my testimony to the many grateful...
Eva M. Boston
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I gratefully add my testimony to the multitude already...
A. H. Townsend
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I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science...
Kathryn Merchant
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Words fail to express my gratitude for the many beautiful...
Harold I. Farr
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I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science
Oma F. Kline
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In the year 1917 I was physically ill and was made...
Lizzie Vollman
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Christian Science has brought such an abundance of...
Bessie Henrichs
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Many times, as I have feasted upon these messages of...
Gertrude P. Phelps
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Seven years ago I was led to see the great good to be...
Evie Pearson Baird
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Life, Truth, Love
ANNIE ADAMS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Irving Fisher, David H. Fouse