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Going Forward
What is real progress? In the very midst of a process of turning and overturning, it may seem hard to estimate the good that is unfolding. At many a point in the war, for instance, only those who truly understood the irresistible power of Principle were sure of what was rightly going on. And now, when the treaty of peace has been ratified by only a part of the nations and has not, of course, automatically solved all the difficulties of the world, it is even more necessary to consider with the utmost consecration what activity in accord with Principle is. Any seeming doubt as to this is, after all, merely a seeming. There is the truth here and now to depend on with perfect certainty. In the presence of this truth understood and demonstrated, any illusion of limitation or complexity is really nothing whatever. Indeed, nothingness never has succeeded in constituting itself something to be dealt with.
In order to see clearly one's progress in relying on Principle, one must first of all know the essence and nature of Principle as the source of all intelligent action. On page 2 of the Message for 1901 Mrs. Eddy says, "Absolute certainty in the practice of divine metaphysics constitutes its utility, since it has a divine and demonstrable Principle and rule—if some fall short of Truth, others will attain it, and these are they who will adhere to it." when one reasons surely and joyously that the divine Mind is the only possible source for genuine living, one has to that extent turned forever away from any belief that matter could be actual. Once a man catches even a glimpse of the all-inclusive reality of the divine Mind and idea, there is no going backward. That insight, being eternal, must endure through no matter what seeming trials. It is always available for practical use.

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