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Ushering—a Preparatory School
THE work of ushering in a Christian Science church is of great importance and is productive of much good for the individual, and thus helps in the advancement of the Cause of Christian Science. An "usher," according to a dictionary, is "a person in charge of a door of entrance; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers."
An usher in a Christian Science church is truly a "door-keeper in the house of . . . God;" a doorkeeper indeed of the temple, alert to welcome the stranger, the earnest seeker after Truth, and always on guard to know the nothingness of all phases of discord which might endeavor to enter the portals of our house of worship and interfere with God's healing message. He is truly standing faithfully at the door, watching, guarding, and protecting.
Ushers are a point of contact with newcomers to a Christian Science church. Frequently they are the first to become acquainted with the stranger and the first to greet him. By reason of their duties they familiarize themselves with the Manual of The Mother Church, the by-laws of their local church or society, the order of church services; and faithfulness in this service may prove to be a stepping-stone in their spiritual progress. "Alertness to Duty," the caption for Section 6 of Article VIII of the Church Manual, might well be the slogan of all our ushers, because it is only by manifesting alertness that an usher fulfills in a loving and orderly manner the duties of his post with credit to himself and to the organization he represents.
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August 20, 1932 issue
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Commanding Wind and Wave
LUCY HAYS REYNOLDS
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Exodus
WILLIAM EDWIN MC KEE
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The Arms of Omnipotence
JEAN M. SNYDER
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Overcoming Hurry
GLENN E. DOUGLAS
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"The talents He gives we must improve"
MARION B. BERREHSEM
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Let the Lord Be Magnified
HELEN MAR BROWN
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Ushering—a Preparatory School
MERRILL G. SCHIVELEY
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The Key
MAUDE E. BEE
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Holy Days
UNA ROSAMOND LIAS
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May I have space in your valuable columns to comment...
H. Ernest Vincent, Committee on Publication for Natal, South Africa,
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Recently the world has been much interested in the religion...
Miss I. von Petersdorff, Acting Committee on Publication for Germany,
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An item in your issue of October 3 spoke of a book...
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
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A recent issued of your valued paper contained, under the...
Daniel A. Scott, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,
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Those of your readers who have followed this correspondence...
Alfred Johnson, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
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Desire and Fulfillment
Violet Ker Seymer
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"God's gracious means"
W. Stuart Booth
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The Lectures
with contributions from Jessie Reekie, Helen Waterman Kincade , Caleb P. Francis, Dennis A. Collins
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I have long since wanted to send in my testimony, and...
Willie Ruth Freeman-James
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When I think of the eighteen years that Christian Science...
Mary C. Bronson
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I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science
Susie S. Merritt
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In the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
Adelia Lyle McCanne
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Mrs. Eddy, who revealed to the world the pure Science...
Maud E. Koessler with contributions from Marguerite R. Weyler-Koessler
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I wish to express my gratitude for the many blessings...
R. Stanley Gallagher with contributions from Eva L. Johnson Gallagher
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When first I heard of Christian Science, I was an active ...
Margaret M. Marquiss
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Love
ELEANOUR TREHANE NORTON
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from John Walter Houck, W. B. Selbie, W. McNeile Dixon, Charles R. Drake, Charles E. Jefferson, Joseph Fort Newton