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Glorifying the Common Task
Right at hand, in the very place where he may find himself, and at the work on which he may be engaged, the wise Christian Scientist utilizes his understanding of Truth, progressing in proportion to his willingness to accept and rejoice in every least opportunity to prove that he has a demonstrable understanding of Christian Science. In the common tasks are big and rich lessons, which, when heeded, lift us above the petty and, to mortal sense, uninteresting routine of everyday activities into the realm of divine Mind, and so glorify the common daily task. A writer has wisely asked whether we shall be able to see beauty in distant fields if we cannot see it in our immediate surroundings. Experiences that may seem small and uninteresting to one may afford rich incidents for the pen of another, who has the seeing eye and the hearing ear.
What a beautiful incident is recorded of Christ Jesus on the shore of the Galilean sea preparing the breakfast of fish and bread for those of his disciples who had turned away for a time from their healing ministry and gone back to their fishing nets! Through his loving patience and unselfed service they were fed and refreshed in the early morning after their toil in the night, the experience being wonderfully enriched by the spiritual lesson, which rebuked and chastened them. And this simple service for others was performed by Jesus after his triumph over death, after the exalting experience of the resurrection. The food prepared was a demonstration of spiritual supply; for, through his clear apprehension of substance as spiritual, Jesus had provided without toil or effort the fish and bread which met the human need of his disciples. There is no record that after this experience the disciples turned back again to their fishing nets.
To the dull and gross thought would this have been more than a welcome breakfast for a group of weary and hungry fisher folk? But as thought is uplifted to behold spiritual truths, it becomes a wonderful incident in the life of the Master, and is hallowed by the spiritual significance of the lessons taught in the manner best suited to reach the human understanding.
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May 28, 1927 issue
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"Little grains of sand"
ALGERNON HERVEY BATHURST
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Glorifying the Common Task
MYRTLE R. BIGGINS
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Shaking off the Beast
ALFRED HANNAH SMITH
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Liberation
KATHARINE FIELDING STATHAM
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Now
GWEN HARRIS KEYS
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Communing with God
MANILLA HARRIS SMITH
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"Every man that hath this hope in him"
LOULIE ATKINSON SNEAD
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My Offering
ESTHER L. SAMPSON
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As reported in your recent issue, a clergyman, conducting...
Hugh Stuart Campbell, Committee on Publication for the State of Illinois,
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There are a great many hostile writings in circulation...
Paul Gassner, Committee on Publication for Germany,
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No objection is hereby made to the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Grantwood,...
Carrington Hening, Committee on Publication for the State of New Jersey,
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This letter is written to correct any misapprehension in...
Philip King, Committee on Publication for the District of Columbia,
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"Pray without ceasing"
RAY G. BROWN
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Spiritual Sense
Albert F. Gilmore
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Yea and Nay
Ella W. Hoag
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On Trusting God, Good
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Frank Rich, Jared Young Sanders, Elmes Tashjian, John A. C. Fraser
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In 1908 Christian Science found me a very much discouraged...
Louise W. Henke
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Some years ago, while on a street car, I commenced telling...
Edwin Henwood Andrew
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In 1912 my sister came from Germany to visit me, and...
Fred W. Kalbitzer
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Being too far from a Christian Science organization to...
Edna B. Rechel
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I send this testimony in gratitude for the saving power of...
Martha Fisher Ashton
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I am taking this way to express my thanks for Christian Science...
Daisy M. Bergner
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My Shepherd
LELIA BARRETT GREGORY
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Alfred E. Sterns, Daniel L. Marsh, Ditman Larsen