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Expectation
"WHEN the destination is desirable, expectation speeds our progress." So writes Mrs. Eddy on page 426 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." And who has not proved the truth of this statement times without number? Looking back to earliest childhood one easily recalls constantly recurring instances, when, with some hoped-for goal in sight, one has found himself speeding towards it because of the expectation of some good to be thus won. Expectation always includes some ground or reason for believing that certain events will occur, and in proportion as the prospect is pleasing and desirable is one's progress toward it accelerated.
Without expectation human effort would be both purposeless and colorless. Expectancy of good presents hope in the midst of seeming despair, encouraging one to press forward to the overcoming of obstacles which might otherwise seem insurmountable. Always, then, there must be hope of good to come if there is to be proper advancement in any right direction. And where alone can real good be found? Where, except in God, the source and substance of all good! The Psalmist sang, "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him."
Christian Science, while it teaches the necessity of right expectation, also joins with the Psalmist in indicating that all true expectation is from God. Only as one's hopes are centered in the operation of God's law of love can they ever bring forth right fruition. As it is realized that God's will includes all that is true and good; that it involves the necessary expression of all loveliness and perfection; indeed, that in it alone can be found all that is Godlike and glorious, one sees that to have his expectation placed in God is to be on the way to winning all that is desirable. At the same time there is revealed the foolishness of looking anywhere else for any good.
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February 21, 1925 issue
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"Whatsoever ye do"
MARJORIE SHULER
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True Prayer
SAMUEL TURNEY DOWNS
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Love Impartial
RUBY WILMETH HEDGES
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The Quality of Cooperation
HUGH STUART CAMPBELL
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"A morning without clouds"
VIOLET KER SEYMER
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Makers of Peace
MARGARET L. WINCHESTER
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Obedience
MARY I. MESECHRE
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In your issue of recent date, under the heading, "Are Faith Cures Supernatural?"...
Robert Ramsay, Committee on Publication for Lanarkshire, Scotland,
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The statement in a recent issue of your paper is another...
Arthur J. Chapman, Committee on Publication for the State of Louisiana,
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Christian Science is based upon and accepts the Bible...
Charles W. Hale, Committee on Publication for the State of Indiana,
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In a recent issue of your Journal you published excerpts...
Salem A. Hart, Jr., Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio,
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My attention has been called to a reference to Christian Science...
Richard E. Prince, Committee on Publication for the State of Virginia,
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Healing as wrought in Christian Science is quite distinct...
Aaron E. Brandt, Committee on Publication for the State of Pennsylvania,
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Christian Scientists deal with spiritual facts, and make...
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
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The Christian Science Reading Room
MARY ADELAIDE AYERS
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Adam H. Dickey, C.S.D.
The Christian Science Board Of Directors
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Life Continuous
Albert F. Gilmore
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Expectation
Ella W. Hoag
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The Will of God
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Allan P. Thompson, Robert Stanley Ross, Frederick C. Hill, Edith M. Shank, Mabel A. Birdno, Lucia C. Coulson
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I shall never forget the first Sunday that I attended a...
Arthur W. Streeter
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When I began the study of Christian Science a little over...
Josephine Van Tuyle with contributions from Lorena Van Tuyle
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When Christian Science was presented to me by a dear...
Hilda E. Lane
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Every minute of the day I feel gladder for Christian Science,...
J. Helen Wallace Smith
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I want to express my gratitude for the many blessings...
Helene Findlay
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When a friend spoke to me of Christian Science, I was in...
Mathilde Moral
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I became interested in Christian Science at a time when...
Samuel J. Campbell
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I came into Christian Science after all medical help had...
Amelia Darlington
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After undergoing three operations and being told that...
Mildred Coleman
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Restoration
GERTRUDE DEANE HOUK
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Georgia Harkness, Louis G. Hoeck, A. L. Murray, Trevor Davies, Howard A. Kelly, Harrison