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Striving
"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," sang the Psalmist, "from whence cometh my help." The longing for help in solving the seeming problems of human existence is as old as mortals; and, intuitively, the seeker after help looks to a higher power for his assistance. For long centuires he has appealed blindly "to the unknown God" for something that would assist him, wondering in his despair why he need be so utterly without support. Through Christian Science he learns that an appeal "to the unknown God" accomplishes nothing, but that the declaration of the truth about God and man brings into his experience the good that he has honestly declared. He learns, also, that in the ratio that he is able to rise above the seeming falsities of so-called mortal mind, refusing to be a dumping ground for error's deceptions, to that extent not only does he heal his own ills, but he helps others. This ability can be gained only by gathering from our trials their blessings, and making the most of our opportunities to declare the allness of God.
Our human endeavors are beset by so many of the frailties of the flesh, and the arguments of evil, as they begin to be uncovered, seem so real, that it is assuredly a problem, many times, even to remember that there is a mountain top, let alone to reach it. It sometimes seems a weary road; and the heartaches along its winding distance are many. They spring up like weeds along the way, and their appearance is varied. The noxious growths of envy, jealousy, and hate; the unsavory ones of distrust and betrayal; and the flowerlike ones of hypocrisy and cant,—all attempt to cover up the path; to flaunt their unsavoriness, and make impure the sweet atmosphere of heaven; to wind their coarse tendrils around us, and trip us as we go. But of what avail? We may have to look a little harder to see the way, or we may have to declare a little more definitely that we live in "atmosphere of love divine." We may stumble a bit, and need to put our hands more trustingly into the Father's; but in spite of it all, we find the path and we walk in it, if we are honestly trying.

May 12, 1923 issue
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Authority of the Scriptures
EDWIN J. GRAYSON
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Striving
MABEL CONE BUSHNELL
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Divine Service
A. WARENDORFF
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Watching One Hour
KATHERINE PUFFER
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"Mansions"
FLORENCE C. PENZOTTI
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Angels
EMMA H. SAYLES
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Sufficiency
CHARLOTTE PHILIPPA WOOD WATSON
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The Bible shows clearly the distinction between the...
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
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Christian Science healing is entirely spiritual
Frank W. Reed, Committee on Publication for the State of Idaho,
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Besides the twelve apostles that Jesus sent forth, he sent...
Harry L. Rhodes, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,
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The critic, in a recent issue of your paper, is quite correct...
Samuel J. Macdonald, Committee on Publication for the State of New Jersey,
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Christian Science teaches that all God created is real...
Augustus Long, Committee on Publication for the State of Nevada,
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The Scriptures clearly show that evil or devil is not a...
Richard H. Smith, Committee on Publication for the State of Montana,
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Letters from the Field
Andrew J. Graham with contributions from Edith L. Fetterman, Harriett J. Emery
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The Holy Scriptures
Albert F. Gilmore
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Healing
Duncan Sinclair
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"Experiences, testimonies, and remarks"
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from Ellen H. Cheney, William J. Akins
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As I have received so many benefits from Christian Science...
Clarence L. Gesner
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After years of suffering and sickness, with a religion that...
Florence B. Wright
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I wish to express my gratitude for the many blessings I...
Mary Alice Crawford
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I am very glad to tell of the experience which first caused...
William A. Sawyer
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For ten years previous to the time I took up the study of...
Zona M. Carruthers
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The Pharisees once asked Jesus' disciples, "Why eateth...
Edwin Bosshardt
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I should like to express my gratitude, through the...
Lucretia G. Bunnell
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I have great cause to be grateful for the activities of the...
Henry Dickinson
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Hope
E. JEWEL ROBINSON
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Christabel Pankhurst