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Church and Church Membership
During the past year I have on many occasions heard the thought expressed that a Christian Scientist could work out the problem of life better outside of church organization than within it. When the reason for such an expression was analyzed, it usually became plain that the individual felt a sense of dissatisfaction with what seemed a lack of spiritual harmony at church meetings. To his casual observation there was too much discord, too much argument over nonessentials; the members were not working out church problems as they should, according to divine Principle! Then would follow the argument that such conditions tended to retard individual progress, which could be gained better, and more quickly, by solitary work.
Nor is it only those who desire to drop church membership, nor yet those who for some such reason delay their applications for membership, who express similar sentiments. Often upon leaving a meeting in which some difference of human opinion has caused a delay in demonstrating perfect accord, some loyal member will regret that more good metaphysical work has not been done, and will not hesitate to condemn the laxity of members in this direction.

September 22, 1923 issue
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Equal Rights
ERNEST C. MOSES
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Preaching and Practice
F. EDITH HILL
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White-winged Messengers
AMY FARISS
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The Effect of God's Government
MINNIE GARDNER
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Seeking and Finding
ADELINE K. BOKENHAM
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Church and Church Membership
FREDDA R. GRATKE
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Great Possessions
SARAH MILDRED SPARKS
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The Christian Scientist does not imagine he is sick, and...
Harry L. Rhodes, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,
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The United States statistics alone for 1920 show two...
S. Britton R. Foster, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada,
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Christian Science maintains that the works of Jesus are...
Lester B. McCoun, Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska,
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Christian Science teaches that "all is infinite Mind and...
Charles M. Shaw, Committee on Publication for Lancashire, England,
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Letters from the Field
with contributions from Robert S. Ross, G. M. Giffen, Frank W. Gale
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Announcement
with contributions from The Christian Science Board of Directors
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Tolerance
Albert F. Gilmore
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Demonstration versus Riddance
Ella W. Hoag
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Inspiration
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Andrew J. Graham, Vivian Borneman
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Four years ago, when I was searching for a practical...
Agnes MacMillan
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I have found the testimonies in the Sentinel a sufficient...
Almon Ray Smith
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In December, 1921, my middle toe became infected from...
George Brewster
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I desire to express my gratitude for the many blessings...
Solomon Wilkinson
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An earnest prayer for constant spiritual growth and an...
John Ralph Griffith with contributions from Anna Griffith
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About three years ago, I contracted an infection which...
William Sharpe Johnson
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Words cannot express my gratitude for Christian Science
Elizabeth M. Parkin
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A Prayer
EDITH L. PERKINS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Clarence Reed, C. C. Harcourt, James Reid, Heber Dwight Ketcham