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In Christian Science all that is acknowledged as possessing...
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In Christian Science all that is acknowledged as possessing reality is God and His creation, which the Scriptures pronounce "very good." God's creation, then, being "good," it cannot possibly include evil, disease, or death. All of these are admittedly the direct opposite of good; hence they could not have been created by Him, Neither could they exist by virtue of their own or any other power apart from God, whose omnipotence precludes the possible existence of another power. This fact is further substantiated by the gospel reference to creation in which John declares that "all things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."
Now it is self-evident that anything which was never made does not now and never did exist; and the nonexistent certainly cannot consistently be designated "real." Mrs. Eddy readily agrees and frequently states that evil in all its varied forms seems real to the material senses, but holds that the evidence presented by these senses is false and that the testimony of spiritual sense alone is true.
In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy writes (p. 472): "All reality is in God and His creation, harmonious and eternal. That which He creates is good, and He makes all that is made. Therefore the only reality of sin, sickness, or death is the awful fact that unrealities seem real to human, erring belief, until God strips off their disguise."
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April 23, 1932 issue
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Cause and Effect
ANDREW J. GRAHAM
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"I shall not want"
SARAH W. TAYLOR
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On Enlarging Our Hospitality
MARY E. CONKLIN
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Law and Love
ROBERT ELLIS KEY
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The Grace of God
KAROLINE ALEXANDRA KIERSNOWSKI
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"Love him more"!
MAY NORTON WILSON
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Self-Immolation
HENRY HARRISON
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Home
IRMA DECKER
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The activities of the world will be intrusted tomorrow...
Hon. C. Augustus Norwood, Committee on Publication for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts,
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Surely everyone should agree with the statement by a...
Richard E. Prince, Committee on Publication for the State of Virginia,
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In Christian Science all that is acknowledged as possessing...
J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
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Permit me space in your valuable columns to reply to a...
H. Ernest Vincent, Committee on Publication for the Province of Natal, South Africa,
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A contributor quotes Scripture as a prelude to an attack...
W. Truman Green, Committee on Publication for the State of Florida,
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Supplication
MARY F. RICHARDSON
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Giving
Clifford P. Smith
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Honoring God and Man
Violet Ker Seymer
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Notice
with contributions from The Christian Science Board of Directors
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The Lectures
with contributions from Mary Shearsby, Luther W. Hudgins, J. Irvin Adams
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With my heart overflowing with gratitude, I wish to express...
Beatrice Maude Thirkell
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The reading of an editorial in a Christian Science Sentinel,...
Elma E. Williams
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I am glad of the opportunity to express my thankfulness...
Maud A. Everson
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I cannot find words to express my gratitude to Christian Science...
Elisabeth Geyer with contributions from Helene de Mikhnewitz, Nicolas de Mikhnewitz
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While busily talking with a friend, when riding on top of...
Blanche A. Sipes
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It is with a heart filled with gratitude for Christian Science...
Martha Stoddard Schouman
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In 1911 Christian Science came to me when I was confined...
Edith A. Woods
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Gilbert Murray, William W. Sawin, George C. Pidgeon, Thomas Tiplady, Charles R. Watson