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Compassion
A careful study of the life of Jesus reveals him as the most compassionate man in universal history. Not only did he do great and mighty things, but he was constantly doing merely kind things; for he knew, better than any other, how great in this world is need of kindness.
We read in the sixth chapter of Mark that when Jesus looked upon the multitude he was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and in the beautiful parable of the good Samaritan, he tells the story of one who fell among thieves, and of the Samaritan's compassion. It is worthy of note that Jesus did not merely say that the Samaritan had compassion, but he gave in beautiful, simple words the externalized result of that compassion,—the wounds bound up, the injured one put upon the Samaritan's own beast, and carried to an inn, and taken care of. In this parable Jesus points out a great truth,—that compassion and love must have active expression. Mrs. Eddy states this truth in clear, concise words on page 250 of "Miscellaneous Writings" when she says, "Love cannot be a mere abstraction, or goodness without activity and power."

October 18, 1924 issue
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Attraction
W. STUART BOOTH
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Giving
LOUISE MAUDE TEWKSBURY
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"As an eagle stirreth up her nest"
INEZ KOCH
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Compassion
MARY RICHART
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"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy"
JEKAB GREENBLAT
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"My son, forget not my law"
MAUD DERWAY
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Freedom
ESTHER L. HILL
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Kindly grant me space to reply to the references to...
William Brandt, Committee on Publication for the State of Maryland,
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A professor of Edinburgh University, while speaking at...
Charles W. J. Tennant, Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
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Many of the world's leading medical practitioners have...
Harry K. Filler, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio,
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Accepting as true the record of the spiritual creation, as...
Robert G. Steel, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
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It is hardly conceivable in this day that any one should...
Arthur J. Chapman, Committee on Publication for the State of Louisiana,
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World prohibitionists and the supporters of the Eighteenth...
S. Britton R. Foster, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario,
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The Ever Present Christ
CHARLES W. WRIGHT
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Love's Demands
Albert F. Gilmore
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"Neither shall they learn war any more"
Ella W. Hoag
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"Love is our refuge"
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Eugene F. Lohr, George C. Berkey, Curry M. Carmichael, L. A. Smartt
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Early in the winter of 1915, I became interested in...
Catherine E. Pierce
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In September, 1918, Christian Science healed me of...
Bessie E. Hogan
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After spending many weeks in a hospital, with the best...
Mary F. Richardson
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When I heard of Christian Science I was suffering from...
Margarete Giese
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I should like to tell of a beautiful healing I had recently
Anne Blackstock Chaffee
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I met with a severe accident while at work, receiving...
Herman Terbrack with contributions from Friedericka Terbrack
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For three years I was buried in so deep a sorrow...
Ruth Wells Brewster
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My father was healed through Christian Science of a...
Louise Mustoe
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On June 28, 1922, I suddenly became very ill and could...
Ernst Willner with contributions from Pauline Willner
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I became interested in Christian Science a few years ago
Bonelyn Fisher
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"The prisoners heard them"
ANNE CLEVELAND CHENEY
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Whyte, James W. Price, Francis James Martin, Charles Brown