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Thinking, Feeling, Acting
In human experience the proper guidance of the young seems to be a necessary precaution. It is a subject which calls forth all the resources of parents and teachers. In Bible times it was a problem, for in Psalms we read: "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word." The Psalmist was awake to a necessity which confronts parents of to-day. He found the sufficient answer in strict obedience to God's Word. Parents who are Christian Scientists are able to comprehend something of the real depth of his advice. According to their understanding they may direct the thoughts of their offspring into intelligent relationship with the creator. How much of waywardness and suffering would be avoided if those for whom loving admonition is provided could realize the spiritual immunity from sin which might be theirs by accepting unquestioningly the instructions of this king in Israel, this man after God's own heart. Could they but realize at the beginning, as experience will enable them later to realize, that God's way is the only way to happiness, how much of useless searching and disappointment they would be saved!
Mrs. Eddy provided in part for the proper guidance of youth in the ranks of the Cause when she instituted the Sunday school in connection with the activities of her church. There direct teaching of the Lesson-Sermons is possible, as well as the study of the Scriptures, the first lessons being the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Beatitudes. In the Sunday school pupils are given opportunity to ask questions and to be enlightened, often out of their own answers, upon points which pertain to their daily problems. It is a wonderful privilege to have a part in this work. It is like working in a garden where the process of growth is ever manifesting itself in the unfoldment of the true idea of purity. Faithful labor in a loving way will remove trespassing weeds and give spiritual ideas room to grow. This process of weeding is no respecter of persons. The true teacher is just as glad to have error in his own thought uncovered and destroyed as he is to help in this process for the benefit of a pupil.
Our Leader was recognized as an authority on the proper training of the young. Her exposure of the workings of so-called mortal mind through the five physical senses, and her insistence upon the fact that only as the testimony of these senses is subjugated to the facts of divine Mind can true harmony be realized, set her in the forefront of every effort for the reform of the human race. Her stand was upon the fact that God, divine Mind, is all. She discarded matter in the process of reform. She did not, however, indulge in any impractical suggestions, impossible of execution here and now; rather did she so adapt her statement of spiritual ideas to the everyday needs of mankind as to make these ideas intensely practical.
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September 5, 1925 issue
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Thinking, Feeling, Acting
OTIS D. REED
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The Letter and the Spirit of Loving
JESSIE LOUISE SALLS
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Evil Impersonal
ARNOLD IRWIN RUMSEY
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Guests of God
CHARLES BUFORD STANTON
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"See that ye be not troubled"
DAISY BEDFORD
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"Sabbath of the heart"
ALMA MARIE SWENSON
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His Presence
MABEL A. BIRDNO
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A recent contributor to your paper states, "I find it difficult...
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
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Your recent issue carries an address in which Christian Science...
Aaron E. Brandt, Committee on Publication for the State of Pennsylvania,
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A bishop recently stated that "the great mass of the...
Miss Madge Bell, Committee on Publication for North Island, New Zealand,
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A visiting clergyman, speaking recently in "defense of...
Peter B. Biggins, Committee on Publication for Alberta, Canada,
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There is probably no subject about which accurate information...
Richard H. Smith, Committee on Publication for the State of Montana,
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With no desire to be controversial, I am asking your kind...
Lester B. McCoun, Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska,
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Spiritual Healing Versus Mental Quackery
Albert F. Gilmore
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Establishment in Principle
Ella W. Hoag
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Pure Affection
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Mathilde Koch, Walter W. Kantack, Mignonette C. Starkweather, F. Eugene Cobler
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Although Christian Science healed my mother over eighteen...
W. Percy Briggs
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A little less than three years ago I became acquainted...
Helene Victoria Thompson
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Although I have been a student of Christian Science for...
Elizabeth Albert with contributions from John Henry Albert
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It is with grateful heart that I give my testimony to the...
Lilla A. Johnson
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Seven years ago I was under condemnation from a fatal...
Corinne Elizabeth Larimore
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My gratitude for Christian Science and its beneficence...
Millie I. Irwin
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It is indeed a great joy to bear testimony to the power of...
Laura B. Bussard
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Astor, George Clarke Peck