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Unity Among Brethren
When Carlyle said, "Men's hearts ought not to be set against one another, but set with one another, and all against evil only," he voiced a great truth. Christian Science reveals the fact that all men have one common enemy, the lying material sense which denies God's presence and power, and which claims to set up in His place the supposititious beliefs in an existence in matter apart from Spirit, God. As the world awakens to this, it will see that all men should unite in their resistance to this one evil and work together for the overcoming and annihilation of all that is opposed to God, good.
To be sure, thousands of years ago David sang, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" And then he went on to point out that such unity is as the place where "the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore." But this unity has seemed rarely possible of attainment since mankind has been so steeped in selfishness, so consumed with multifarious material purposes, that its seeking has been almost universally from the standpoint of personal advantage.
To the Christian Scientist the demonstration of unity among brethren is one of the most important problems presented for solution. Understanding, as he does, that there is but one infinite God, good, he admits that there is—even in belief—but one enemy, and that the one evil. Then immediately he longs to work unitedly with all other Christian Scientists to overcome this evil with good. There is, perhaps, no one thing which simplifies the problems of the Christian Scientist more than for him to keep his gaze constantly fixed in the direction of this united effort. As he does this, he is less tempted to look on his own individual difficulties as overwhelmingly large, and he also loses, in some degree at least, the sense of being alone in his efforts after righteousness.
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June 2, 1923 issue
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The Mother Church
MAMIE DELL FRISBIE
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"Ready to distribute"
ROY E. BIGNALL
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Love's Universe
ETHEL CHALLENOR INCE
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Fruitful Gratitude
MARIE HELENE ELISABETH JANICKE
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Demonstration Individual
E. HOWARD HOOPER
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Meekness and Might
ADA BALLENGER
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Safety Zones
MAYBELLE GOWENLOCK
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Physical healing is not the primary object of the Christian Science...
Charles E. Heitman, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
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Christian Science is based entirely on the understanding...
Rowland R. Hughes, Committee on Publication for India,
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Evil has from the beginning desired only to be let alone
Douglas L. Edmonds, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
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Christian Science, when intelligently and understandingly...
Harry K. Filler, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio,
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The sincere inquirer will naturally turn to an authentic...
Mrs. Alice T. Caruthers, Committee on Publication for the State of West Virginia,
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By birth, education, native endowment, and training born...
Harry L. Rhodes, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,
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Rise and Rejoice
MARGARET T. CAMPBELL
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Channels of Good
Albert F. Gilmore
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Unity Among Brethren
Ella W. Hoag
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Christian Science, the Comforter
Duncan Sinclair
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From the Directors
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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The Lectures
with contributions from Francis T. Dodge
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I wish to thank God, thank Him with all my heart, for...
Minnie Hahn with contributions from Friedrich Hahn
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"The people that walked in darkness have seen a great...
Marga Dahl Belledeu
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About two years ago, when coming from school, I felt...
Ruth Diederichsen
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With deepest gratitude to God and to Mary Baker Eddy...
Paul J. Walther
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I write this testimony with my heart filled with joy for...
Marcus M. Swenson
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Twilight Peace
ELISABETH G. ROBINSON