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"The goal of goodness"
Christian Science reveals the divine fact that there is one Mind only, and that this Mind is infinitely good. It also teaches humanity the way to realize and to utilize this truth which makes free, by proving the false and ephemeral nature of so-called mortal mind, together with all its claims of sin and disease. This premise, namely, the infinite oneness and goodness of divine Mind, once having been even in part perceived and accepted by the honest seeker, the immediate demand of Truth is for proof and progress, which go hand in hand and cannot be separated. Gradually, with much gratitude and joy, it is borne in upon the student's thought that Christian Science is unfolding to him an ideal of goodness in daily living heretofore unknown and undreamed of. Indeed, it is raising his hope and endeavor towards the high goal set by our Master, Christ Jesus: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."
God is revealed in Christian Science as divine Principle, Life, Truth, Love, Spirit, and man as reflecting and expressing all the Godlike qualities. Up to his highest understanding of God each one must reflect in his daily life the divine Mind in a steadily increasing ratio, if through honest and persistent endeavor he would furnish proof of that understanding. There is no other road to follow, no other way to attain the happiness, peace, and perfection so earnestly desired and sought by mankind. "He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber," declared Jesus, adding, with simple significance, "I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture." Jesus therefore clearly indicated that only by practical proofs of goodness and spirituality, in accordance with the teaching and example of the great Master himself, can his followers in this or any other age maintain a steady advance in their pilgrimage out of the bondage of material beliefs into the joy and freedom of true spiritual existence.
April 14, 1928 issue
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"The goal of goodness"
FLORENCE L. MORGAN
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Supply
HENRY RISELY TUCKER
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Overcoming Obstacles
EDNA L. EARNEST
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God the Source of All Power
NATHALIA L. KOLLINER
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The Practicality of Christian Science
EDITH F. ELLIOTT
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Giving
ELLEN D. STANLEY
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Our Wonderful God
ALFRED MARSHALL VAUGHN
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An Open Door
MARIAN J. COBB
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The following information is offered to the readers of the...
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts,
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A short reference to Christian Science appears in the...
Stephen J. Sametz, Committee on Publication for the Province of Manitoba, Canada,
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Your correspondent "N," in a recent issue, writes as follows:...
Miss Kate E. Andreae, Committee on Publication for Sussex, England,
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In a sermon reported in your columns recently, an evangelist...
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
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I would appreciate space in your paper to correct a wrong...
Orwell Bradley Towne, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
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The Light of Life
HETTIE L. ANDERSON
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On the Overcoming of False Appetite
Albert F. Gilmore
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"Give God's idea sway"
Duncan Sinclair
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"It is written"
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from Anne Priddat, Elmer K. Daugherty
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I wish to express my gratitude for all that Christian Science...
Mabel H. Tinlin
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It is with great joy I add this testimony to those of...
Eric L. H. Nicholls
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From childhood I sought a demonstrable understanding...
Florence R. Short
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Recently I had a very beautiful healing through hearing...
Virginia A. Robinson
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In the year 1913 I fractured and dislocated my arm
Emma R. Weisman
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With joy I wish to tell of some healings which have...
Emma Wellmann
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I am grateful that a knowledge of Christian Science enables...
Frank Blaine Elliott
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I did not come into Christian Science for physical healing,...
Georgene Van Hollen
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For the past ten years Christian Science has been my only...
Eleanor H. Valentine
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Child of God
HATTY MAY NASH
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Harry Levi, Maude Royden, Frederick R. Griffin