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"The prayer of the righteous"
"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." Thus James declared when descanting upon "the prayer of faith" that was to heal the sick. Mrs. Eddy in the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 206), enlarges upon this same thought when she says: "The exercise of the sentiments—hope, faith, love—is the prayer of the righteous. This prayer, governed by Science instead of the senses, heals the sick."
The Christian virtues, hope, faith, love, have been appreciated and practiced, in some degree at least, for centuries. Men have recognized their ennobling nature, and there are but few who have not longed to express them in ever increasing measure. Their beauty, their attractiveness, their harmonizing properties have been so plainly apparent that the Christian world has always extolled them. And yet men have not as a rule connected them with healing the sick. Although Jesus lived their power, it was not until Christian Science was revealed that their might in this direction was so presented that all men may learn to understand and demonstrate it.
A great point of illumination in this statement by Mrs. Eddy is her declaration to the effect that this prayer must be governed "by Science instead of the senses." It is here that the exercise of hope and faith and love departs from the merely amiable and demonstrably ineffective and becomes the power that heals.
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November 10, 1928 issue
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God's Finished Work
KATE E. ANDREAE
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Our Daily Task
KATE HOLLAND PATTON
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Immanuel
HARRY A. L. HERSCHEL WADE
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Maintaining One's Position
WILLIAM HALE COOMBER
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God the Only Mind
BERNICE M. WELLS
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"Who touched me?"
FLORA A. BIXBY
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A Sure Foundation
DOROTHY ANN LOVELL
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From the Hand of This Philistine
ROSA M. TURNER
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In your recent issue there appeared an account of an address...
Philip King, Committee on Publication for the District of Columbia,
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I have read the articles on Christian Science which have...
Miss E. Mary Ramsay, Committee on Publication for Midlothian, Scotland,
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Kindly permit me space in your paper in order that correction...
Israel Pickens, Committee on Publication for the State of Alabama,
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There appeared in a recent issue of your esteemed paper...
M. S. Temple Hill, Committee on Publication for the Province of Quebec, Canada,
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Because a professor classified Christian Science with...
Fred Yould, Committee on Publication for the State of Georgia,
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My Prayer
MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON
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Mrs. Ella W. Hoag
Albert F. Gilmore, Duncan Sinclair
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The Free Warrior
Albert F. Gilmore
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"The prayer of the righteous"
Ella W. Hoag
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Man is Immortal
Duncan Sinclair
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In 1904, at the passing away of a friend, I came face...
Elizabeth Saddoris McCarty
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I wish to express my gratitude for the Christian Science...
Charles McEwen
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It is with a sincere sense of gratitude for what Christian Science...
Grace Earl Umphres
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It was a case of sickness in our family that first called...
Elisabeth Schmeisser
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After suffering for many years and trying many remedies,...
Christine A. Merget
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I went to tell of some of the lovely things which Christian Science...
Emily Garnett-Orme
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With thanksgiving for so many demonstrations of the...
Pauline Johnston
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Deity Expressed
IDA MAY ABBOTT
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Herbert Hoover, Federal Council of Churches of Christ, S. Parkes Cadman, M. Aristide Briand