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The Divine Principle is Love
Throughout the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy is constantly insisting upon the fact, as on page 140, that "the Christian Science God is universal, eternal, divine Love, which changeth not and causeth no evil, disease, nor death." God is Love. The divine Principle of the universe is Love. The supreme cause of all real existence is Love. Hence nothing unlovely or unlovable is real, so-called evil in every form having only a seeming existence. Only that which is perfect, only that which is harmonious, possesses real entity.
Such is the teaching of Christian Science. And Mrs. Eddy, true to this teaching, was able in a multitude of cases to destroy the false beliefs of sin and disease which afflict mankind, and to instruct others how to do likewise.
It should not be forgotten for an instant that God is Love. This truth is fundamental in the practice of Christian Science. Failing to remember it and to reflect divine Love, the student is liable to fall back into an intellectualism which may be erudite in the letter, but devoid of the spirit of Christian Science. And should this occur, his ability to heal the sick will cease. What did the great Exemplar, Christ Jesus, admonish on this eternal theme? To "one of the scribes" who asked him, "Which is the first commandment of all?" he replied: "Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." No commandments greater, no duty greater, than the loving of God supremely, and one's neighbor as one's self!
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December 22, 1923 issue
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Gifts
MABEL REED HYZER
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The Need of Both Law and Gospel
ERNEST C. MOSES
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The Promised Comforter
HELEN FRIEND ROBINSON
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To Know
LOUIS E. SCHOLL
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First and Always
WILLIAM B. HARRISON
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"As the seed by billows floated"
AMANDA COLBATH
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Mother-Love
GLENNEWEIR RINGLAND
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While it is true that Christian Science denies the reality...
Charles E. Heitman, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
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Those who have turned to Christian Science have found...
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
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Jesus the Christ is the true model for all evangelists
Mrs. Alice C. Caruthers, Committee on Publication for the State of West Virginia,
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Christian Science employs in its healing ministry nothing...
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
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It has been said that "knowledge is the wing wherewith...
Brigman C. Odom, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
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Christian Science is not a form of dualism: it acknowledges...
Charles W. J. Tennant, District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
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Bethlehem
MINNA MATHISON
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Christmas Joy
Albert F. Gilmore
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The Divine Principle is Love
Duncan Sinclair
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Christmas
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from Martha J. Burgess, Daisette D. S. McKenzie, Alice Jeanette Haugan , Mildred Spring Case, Pearl Duncan Helps, Minnie B. Isel, Myrtle A. Redding
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At this season of the year there comes to me a renewed...
Milo C. Skinner
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After being led hither and thither for many years, seeking...
James MacArthur Thomson
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I am truly grateful for the understanding of Truth I...
Frances K. Armstrong
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Out of gratitude for what Christian Science has done for...
Emily A. Watkins with contributions from John W. Watkins
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About five years ago a chronic inactivity of the bowels,...
Kathryn Watson
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In 1903 I attended a Wednesday evening meeting in a...
Reginald B. Evans
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I am writing this testimony with a desire to help my...
Edward G. Bert
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In the fall of 1912 I took up Christian Science; and...
Joseph E. Sharp
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My first help in Christian Science was sought for the...
Grace M. Jackson
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It is with gratitude and love that I send my testimony
Ellen M. Michell with contributions from C. F. Michell
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Ten years ago I was healed of tuberculosis after noted...
Jessie M. Baker
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I did not come into Christian Science for healing
Jennett A. Ashenfelter
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I wish to express my gratitude to Christian Science for...
G. Norman Haas
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Christmas
KATHRINE SCOBEY PUTNAM
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from A. C. Bane, Erich Muhsam, A. A. Morrison, Frank M. Silsley, John A. McAfee, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Orville C. Pratt