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Steadfast Allegiance
Among the many promises in the book of Isaiah of the coming of the Messiah, the Prince of Peace, and the many beautiful descriptions of his nature and character, is found the prediction that he would "know to refuse the evil, and choose the good." And the New Testament is a continuous record of Christ Jesus' loyalty to good, his mission being to show forth or exemplify the nature of God. That he was true to this "steadfast high intent," the four Gospels attest; while the writings of Paul and of John frequently refer to the glory of the Christ, the Son of God, as reflected in the inspired career of Jesus.
In no instance did Jesus fail to refuse prestige or power to evil. Under all circumstances he annihilated evil or error, whether its guise was subtle or obvious. It was indeed a straight and narrow path he trod, subordinating the desire to please men to the desire to please God; yet how soon he reached the goal! The straighter the path, the sooner the destination is reached: a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. The mountaineer blazes a narrow trail to the peak in order that the footsteps of future travelers may be led as directly as possible to their goal. Our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in speaking of the way the followers of Truth must take, says (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 347), "It may be smooth, or it may be rugged; but it is always straight and narrow; and if it be uphill all the way, the ascent is easy and the summit can be gained."

April 2, 1927 issue
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Steadfast Allegiance
MARION C. JONES
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"Earth received the harmony"
MARY ELIZABETH HEMEON
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"I will receive you"
HAROLD BOARDMAN
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Our Human Problems and Their Solution
ALFRED GEORGE WITHERS
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"Love is at the helm of thought"
CATHARINE CLARKE
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Gideon the Warrior
INEZ M. RISLEY
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The Kingdom of Heaven
LEAH BOHN
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Humility
E. JEWEL ROBINSON
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Intrinsically, it is strange that a preacher employed to...
Judge Clifford P. Smith,
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As reported in your recent issue, a bishop, in his diocesan...
William Sheriff Findley,
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A contributor to your columns said in a recent issue of...
J. Latimer Davis,
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One of your correspondents makes a disrespectful and...
Dwight K. Chenoweth,
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The Sunday Sun reported an address by a clergyman at...
Conrad Bernhard, Jr.,
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Turning to God
MAUDE MARY CLARKE
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As Obedient Children
Albert F. Gilmore
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Binding up the Broken-hearted
Ella W. Hoag
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"How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!"
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Samuel W. Greene, Minny M. H. Ayers
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Surely I would be most ungrateful were I not to express...
Julius A. West
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When Christian Science came to me I was in utter despair...
Mary J. Cooper
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I should like to tell of an experience I had about two...
Pauline Hoessel
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Many are the blessings my little family and I have received...
Nicolaas Oosterloo
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I did not come to Christian Science seeking healing...
Aurelia C. Jacobs
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In June, 1919, after I had spent thirteen years in semi-invalidism...
Eathel Drake Dugan
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Fourteen years ago in the Christian Science Sunday School...
Dorothy M. Gottschall with contributions from Walter L. Gottschall, Henry David Thoreau
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from James H. Weager, C. S. Thomson