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Know the Truth
Among many quotations from the Bible, none, perhaps, is more frequently used by Christian Scientists than the saying of the Master, as recorded in the eighth chapter of John, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." To know the truth is the one important thing, an instruction so clear that no student of the Scriptures can ignore it. Without the aid of Christian Science, the Science of the Christ, Truth, the world would be in the same hopeless condition as was Pilate, the representative of the Roman eagles, when, in the presence of Jesus, who for years had been demonstrating among the people the truth which makes free, he asked, "What is truth?"
The light thrown upon the Old Testament writings by the life and works of Christ Jesus did not seem to penetrate the thought of those who were regarded as the spiritual leaders of the people. Many of the common people, however, heard the Word with gladness and, grasping the truth to a degree, accepted it, and were freed from false beliefs,—their freedom being in proportion to the extent of their understanding. Later, for centuries the darkness of creed and dogma obscured the light of Truth's healing power in the world, until it was rediscovered by our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, who revealed its permanency to humanity as demonstrable Science in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," thus placing it within the reach of all. The phraseology of Christian Science may be easily understood by any honest, earnest seeker for Truth who reads with an open mind.
Students of Christian Science so frequently use the expression, "I knew the truth," as to make it noticeable in conversation, in testimonies, and in published articles, adding, perhaps, that thereby the "claim" was met and harmony was restored. While the meaning given to the words by the one using them is clear to himself, and may be to some other students of Christian Science, still in many instances it may be unintelligible to a person hearing the statements for the first time. To know the truth is to demonstrate the power of God, good, over any false belief manifested as disease or any inharmonious bodily condition. The student who does so may be sure that he is not letting self-will govern him; for in his effort to know the truth he is overcoming the false sense of self to the degree of his understanding of the truth.
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September 16, 1922 issue
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"Rightly dividing the word of truth"
ISRAEL PICKENS
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The Science of Right Thinking
WILLARD M. GRIMES
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Error Has No Past
C. LILIAS RAMSAY
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Know the Truth
LOUIS J. SIMMONS
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"The little hills rejoice"
GEORGENE L. MILLER
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"Yesterday, and to day, and for ever"
MINNY M. H. AYERS
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Christian Science, like John, teaches that God is Love,...
Willard J. Welch, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa, in the
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Christian Science was discovered in the year 1866
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for York County, in the
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A critic, in a recent issue of your paper, is quite correct...
Gudrun G. Jensen, Committee on Publication for Norway, in the
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May I state to your readers, in response to a statement of...
Harry K. Filler, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio, in the Columbus
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A correspondent in a recent issue of your paper is mistaken...
Lester B. McCoun, Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska, in the
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Will you kindly allow me space to reply to the letter of...
Cyril R. Hewson, Committee on Publication for Derbyshire, England, in the
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Would you allow me to say that Christian Scientists accept...
Kate E. Andreae, Committee on Publication for Sussexshire, England, in the
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"Comfort ye my people"
Albert F. Gilmore
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Overcoming Fear
Duncan Sinclair
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"His only textbooks"
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from Emily L. Cameron, Ethel A. A. Anderson, Milton J. Stickles
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About fifteen years ago, I was led to investigate the...
Cicely M. Kennett
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I feel that it is a duty to tell what Christian Science...
William L. Avey
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When Christian Science first found me—or when I found...
Maude L. Abbott
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I shall never cease to be grateful to God for the preparation...
Lelya T. Russow
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On March 4, 1922, my dress caught fire from the gas...
Daisy D. Edmiston
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In the fall of 1904, after ten years of ill health and semi-invalidism...
Emma Willcutt Fletcher
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Christian Science came into my life about seven years...
J. E. Ferguson
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We have been studying Christian Science for several...
Mabel Lamont, R. M. Lamont
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With a great sense of gratitude for what Christian Science...
Adeline H. McClellan with contributions from Jeannette McClellan
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from E. S. Martin, T. H. Mackenzie, Clinton Scott