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True Appreciation
A MODERN dictionary defines the word "appreciation" in its most comman usage as "true or adequate apprehension or estimation, as of qualities, merit, or value; sympathetic recognition of excellence." The import of the definitions of the correlative words relates especially to the proper valuation of thoughts, character, and actions; and the same dictionary illustrates the true sense of appreciation by the following citation: "The exquisite beauty of even the humblest blossom can only be appreciated by the eyes which gaze on it with tenderness and affection." How true indeed this is!
We can, therefore, conclude that true appreciation is a proper valuation of character, conditions, and actions through eyes enlightened with desire to discover and prize the beautiful, the good, and whatever is true, both in substance and in symbol. Christ Jesus always had and utilized a true appreciation of those around him, for he saw their true spiritual selfhood as the reflection of God, always perfect; and thus valued them. He once said "to an innumerable multitude of people," after warning them to be awake to the supposititious processes and intentions of evil, "Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows."

March 1, 1930 issue
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True Appreciation
ERNEST C. MOSES
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"Receive thy sight"
BEULAH HYDELOFF
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Above the Clouds
HELEN ROSS FOOTE
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Returning to the Father
MARGARETHE SCHRÖTER
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Looking Upward
OLIVER BOWLES
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Sunday School Opportunities
MARIE I. COURTENAY
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"He that overcometh"
SYDNEY KING RUSSELL
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A few lines regarding Christian Science, intended to be...
Kellogg Patton, Committee on Publication for the State of Wisconsin,
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Christian Science cannot properly be classified under...
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
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Under the heading "Burris Jenkins Says," in your issue...
Gordon V. Comer, Committee on Publication for the State of Colorado,
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Your readers will be interested to know that the office...
Caleb P. Francis, Committee on Publication for Shropshire, England,
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May I refer very briefly to a criticism in the issue of...
Arthur E. Blainey, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada,
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Rest
ELLA M. KINSLEY
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Habits
Clifford P. Smith
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"Cheerful feasts"
Violet Ker Seymer
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Divine Healing
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Bella Mabury
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I am grateful to God for Christian Science, for I have...
Winifred Wold Reed
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"Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."...
Walter M. Browne
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For many years Christian Science has been my only remedy...
Florrie A. Ashcroft
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In counting over some of the blessings which have come...
Florence M. Tate with contributions from John H. Tate
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Christian Science was first recognized in our home when...
Bernice I. Emanuel
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I thank God daily for the wonderful unfolding of His law
Edith Elson Parsons
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I desire to give praise and gratitude for Christian Science
Gertrude Rindall Pruden
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Many blessings have come to me through the study of...
Ida Mae Hawks
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Omnipresence
BLANCHE MURIEL FUNNELL
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Elmer Ellsworth Brown, Albert Field Gilmore, H. P. Scratchley, Marion D. Shutter, James Harold More, Stanley Baldwin, W. Gage