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For a long time mankind has looked forward expectantly...
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For a long time mankind has looked forward expectantly to the "kingdom of heaven," and has raised eyes hopefully to the beauty and gladness to be found there. Contemplating the God-controlled conditions where supply and demand are in perfect balance and where health and peace are ever present, it has anticipated freedom from sickness, sorrow, and poverty in that millennial estate. Thus it has pictured for the future the happy situation presented metaphorically in the Scriptures.
But why do men and women limit their lives by thinking that this heavenly realm is to be enjoyed only hereafter? Christ Jesus recognized that God's kingdom is within us, and he encouraged his disciples to proclaim, "The kingdom of heaven is at hand." Then how can heaven be a distant place to be occupied only in the future? Would not our thinking be more like the Master's if we admitted that the kingdom of God is a condition to be gained at the present moment? Mary Baker Eddy, a deep student of the Bible, defines "kingdom of heaven" thus in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 590): "The reign of harmony in divine Science; the realm of unerring, eternal, and omnipotent Mind; the atmosphere of Spirit, where Soul is supreme."
As men and women overcome hatred, fear, selfishness, and other lawless qualities, and grow in patience, faith, honesty, and loving-kindness, this harmonious realm unfolds in their lives. By enlarging the spiritual understanding of its adherents the Christian Science church inspires and strengthens them to take these progressive steps.
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October 14, 1933 issue
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The Day of Atonement
MABEL REED HYZER
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Profitable Business
KENNETH S. VALENTINE
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"Fear not"
CORINNE M. MC CONNICO
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Ask Not Amiss
W. CYPRIAN BRIDGE
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Discarding Material Toys
MARY C. HARVEY
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Alone
SOPHIE F. STOLZ
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Another Opportunity
ANITA ST. JOHN KELLY
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Two Visitors
B. GWENDOLEN NISBET
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Your issue of February 25 contains a letter in which...
William K. Primrose,
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In a recent issue of your paper a clergyman of your city...
W. Truman Green,
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For a long time mankind has looked forward expectantly...
Albert E. Lombard,
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The Hem of His Garment
HELEN MAR BROWN
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On Parting
Violet Ker Seymer
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Dissolving Doubts
W. Stuart Booth
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The Lectures
with contributions from Lester A. Ballew, Paul W. Arndt, Ethel C. Allen
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I feel that I should express in some measure my gratitude...
Emma Louise Temple
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Christian Science came to my attention at a time when...
Laura Ulrich McCray
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Christian Science has been such a benefit to me that I...
John Bell with contributions from Ellen Bell
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More than twenty years ago I asked for my first treatment...
Edith Reid Brice
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I suffered for three years from a disease which the...
Valentin J. Mantu
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The light of Christian Science dawned in my consciousness...
Alexine Whisnant
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Out of deep gratitude for the great blessing of Christian Science...
Anna Alma Schmale
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About fourteen years ago a lady who had just become...
George Nelson
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Gratitude for blessings received has prompted this testimony
Urma Ruth Hargus
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My heart is filled with sincere gratitude for Christian Science,...
Margaret L. Kapinos
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My Place
RUTH MARIE DILLON
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from a Correspondent, R. O. Lawton, Dean Harry Beal