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Devotion
Every one who in a measure understands the teachings of Christian Science and is able to put them into practice, is deeply grateful. He can look back, possibly over many years, to the time when he was ignorant of the truth which divine Science reveals; and holding in memory his condition of thought at that time, contrast it with his present state of spiritual enlightenment. And what a contrast! It is as darkness to light. Even at the very beginning of his study, did not a great joy come to him? It seemed as if he had passed into a new life. It felt as if the old, harsh, material world, with its burdens of sorrow and suffering and care, were passing quickly away, and in its place there was as rapidly appearing the kingdom of heaven; and with the coming he was experiencing healing, healing of body and mind. The coming into Christian Science has been a truly wonderful experience for many. Should we be surprised that joy remains with them, and that their gratitude continues to well forth as from a perennial spring?
Many, very many, have had the experience just recited. But many also have found—indeed the majority have found—that after the first more or less prolonged period of exultation, there has followed a time of adjustment. Hardly anything can surpass the joy of knowing that the healing Christ, Truth, is as available now as it was in the far-off days when the Master demonstrated it. To be healed, perhaps of a so-called incurable disease, by the understanding of the Christ, to be relieved, perhaps of the crushing incubus of some sinful belief which had been gnawing at the vitals of one's happiness, through the understanding and application of spiritual law,—these indeed are unparalleled experiences; but they are almost invariably succeeded by a period of adjustment. The healing of some specific disease or sin by no means indicates that the individual has worked out his entire salvation. That can only be said when the last material belief shall have been destroyed, when one knows the entirely spiritual nature of man and has demonstrated the fact.

March 29, 1924 issue
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Christian Scientists
ALGERNON HERVEY BATHURST
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Love All Men
EMMA H. SAYLES
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Good Cheer
CAROLEE MENEFEE BECKER
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Steadfastness
WILLIAM A. GILCHRIST
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Adoration
ANGELINE F. MAHAN
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The Reward of Paying "the uttermost farthing"
GERTRUDE L. HATCH
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"Clear the air"
FLORENCE ROMAINE
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"Why should the work cease?"
HELEN S. DEAN
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The recent editorial in which a writer for the Boston American...
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The Mother Church, Boston, Massachusetts,
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While it is true that Christian Science teaches the unreality...
Charles E. Heitman, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
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Christian Science teaches the eternality of good and the...
Joseph Axtell, Committee on Publication for the County of Somerset, England,
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Christian Scientists are taught to leave every one free to...
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
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Kindly permit me to state that Christian Science healing...
William Capell, Committee on Publication for the State of Connecticut,
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An article in your paper headed "The Paris Meeting"...
Miss Kate E. Andreae, Committee on Publication for Sussex, England,
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Christian Science stands for purity of thought all along...
Albert W. Le Messurier, Committee on Publication for the Channel Islands, England
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Seeking and Finding
FRANK SARGENT BARTLETT
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"Such as I have"
Albert F. Gilmore
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Devotion
Duncan Sinclair
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Our Church Edifices
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from Letticia Parker Williams, Bert E. Knapp, William T. Garrett
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I was a worker in the Baptist church for fifteen years
Justine Corliss
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Soon after I began reading the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
Mary F. Pringle with contributions from Charles H. Pringle
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About thirty-six years ago I fell through a roof to the...
Louis Williams
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In II Samuel we read, "God is my strength and power:...
Leona Zurn Fehling
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It is with a heart full of gratitude that I am giving this...
William K. Brown
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One of the many things for which I am very grateful is...
Florence McConnell
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Having received many benefits through Christian Science,...
Emma L. Kersting
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Love
KATHARINA SCHWEDER
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from T. G. Soares, Cecil M. Aker, L. E. Tranter, A. J. Koehler, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.