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"The bond of perfectness"
In one of Paul's epistles, after urging upon those whom he calls "the elect of God, holy and beloved," the necessity of putting off all that is un-Christlike as well as of practicing manifold Christian virtues, he concludes his admonitions by saying, "And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness." Has there ever been given to the world a more complete definition of charity than this? "The bond of perfectness"! How it opens thought to the vision of a unity which is all-desirable and absolutely without flaw, pure and blessed, embracing all!
Here, then, may be seen not only one great need of mankind, but the way to meet it. Here in four words is portrayed that unity for which all men in their inmost hearts are yearning; for is not the anguish they have seemed to suffer comprised in their sense of separation or lack of unity,—their supposed separation first of all from God, good; and as a consequence separation from each other? And the way to the happiness of perfect unity is through that "charity, which is the bond of perfectness."
Now charity has been much extolled, but men have not always understood how to practice it. Indeed, they have often failed to appreciate its real nature, and so have missed that use of it which would have produced united Christian fellowship. They have therefore often found themselves "at swords' points" with their neighbors when a right understanding and exercise of charity would have brought about harmony and true unity.
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November 15, 1924 issue
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Sane Living
HERBERT W. BECK
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"We shall see him as he is"
CAROLINE M. LAND
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God is Reflected in Good
BRIGMAN C. ODOM
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Children of God
ANITA ST. JOHN KELLY
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Receptivity
JOHN ASHCROFT
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Denial, in Christian Science
MARIAN JANET TURNER
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Abraham's Sacrifice
GERTRUDE S. MC CALMONT
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Any observant reader might reasonably wonder what...
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The Mother Church,
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In a letter printed in your paper, an itinerant revivalist...
Robert G. Steel, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
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A recent issue contained a report of a sermon entitled,...
S. Britton R. Foster, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada,
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Those who are acquainted with the precepts and practice...
W. Stuart Booth, Committee on Publication for the State of Colorado,
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It was a pleasure to see in a recent issue an appreciative...
Miss Florence B. Russell, Committee on Publication for Hampshire, England,
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To-day
LAURA L. O'HOTSKI
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Religion in Schools
Albert F. Gilmore
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"The bond of perfectness"
Ella W. Hoag
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"God is the strength of my heart"
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from William P. McKenzie, G. Roy Eastman, Charlotte E. Bryan
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When I became acquainted with Christian Science, several...
Alexandra Kiersnowski
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I wish to express my gratitude for the many blessings...
William A. Jeffery with contributions from Lucy Jeffery
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As the Thanksgiving season approaches, I feel impelled...
Hester Donaldson Jenkins
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As I found comfort and peace in my trouble, I wish to...
Jennie Be Hawks
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Christian Science is daily bringing me so much good that...
with contributions from Rachel M. Pratt
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In gratitude for all the blessings I have received from...
David Eugéne Pascal with contributions from Virginie Pascal Zanta
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I consider it a distinct privilege to testify to the healing...
Harvey W. Gilbert
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One evening, when our little boy was nearly three years...
Margaret May Lawson
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A Friend to a Friend
ELIZABETH CHALLIS ADAMS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from H. T. Gibson, Harry Emerson Fosdick