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On Trusting God, Good
Men often believe strongly—often very strongly—in the power of evil, and only the spiritually enlightened among them are capable of thwarting evil's claim to power through the understanding and practice of good. Throughout human history men have believed in the reality of good and evil; and believing in them both as real, they have looked upon human existence largely as a battle ground on which the forces of good were engaged in incessant combat with the forces of evil, sometimes the one and sometimes the other being in the ascendant. To many it has seemed a hopeless battle; for has not evil often appeared to have been the victor?
Evil was as rampant, in belief, in Christ Jesus' day as in these our own days; and the Master had to face its claims just as we of to-day have to do. The record of his three years' ministry is one of continual warfare with the powers of darkness, the evil beliefs which held mankind in bondage and which resulted in all manner of suffering. But Jesus was equipped to handle evil as no one had ever been before him, equipped to destroy it by the knowledge he possessed of God, the Father, and of God's son, the real or spiritual man. His thought was not in the least divided between good and evil: his whole weight was constantly on the side of good. The result was a series of victories over evil such as never had been witnessed before, victories made manifest in the healing of disease and the destruction of sin.
Christian Science throws great light on the Nazarene's method. The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy, perceiving the truth that God is infinite good, made the discovery that evil is unreal; and with this understanding she immediately began to demonstrate the truth, healing disease and destroying sin. There is not the slightest doubt that Jesus was able to do the works recorded of him because he possessed exactly the same spiritual understanding as that with which Christian Science endows its students.
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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