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God's Coin and Currency
It is related in the Gospels that Jesus, upon a certain occasion, took a Roman coin and asked, "Whose is this image and superscription?" When he was told that it was Caesar's, Jesus replied, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." At that time Palestine was a Roman province, and the circulation of Roman coin or money indicated Roman power. To the Jews tribute money, or tax payment, was a sign of servitude, a price paid for peace and security. Jesus indicated to those who sought to insnare him, by asking whether or not it was lawful to pay tribute to Caesar, that the use of the coin of a land, its currency, should represent to them loyalty, trust, obedience, and interchange of confidence under the governing power, and that this might be taken to typify a like obligation to God under the government of the divine Mind.
In June, 1903, in an address given at Pleasant View, Concord, New Hampshire, then her home, Mrs. Eddy spoke of a "gift" which God had given to all mankind, and said (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 170): "It is His coin, His currency; it has His image and superscription. This gift is a passage of Scripture; it is my sacred motto." From the thirty-seventh Psalm, called "A Psalm of David," she then quoted the words: "Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday."

March 11, 1933 issue
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God's Coin and Currency
CLARA SCHRADER STREETER
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Freedom from Debt
HERBERT L. FRANK
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We Can All Give
ELEANOR RICHEY JOHNSTON
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Joyous Expectancy of Good
MARJORIE LIGERTWOOD
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The One Great Attainment
RICHARD P. VERRALL
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Education
LESLIE C. BELL
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A Blessing for Everyone
PRISCILLA WARE DAVIS
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My Father Called
ESTHER BRINTON
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Robson Storey, Committee on Publication for the State of Arkansas,
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It is obvious that your correspondent, whose letter on...
John H. O'Loughlin, Committee on Publication for Northumberland, England,
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Please allow me to make a correction and to add a helpful...
Mrs. Mary S. Cowan, Committee on Publication for the State of South Carolina,
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What does Christian Science say to the question: What...
Meinrad Schnewlin, Committee on Publication for German-speaking Switzerland,
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Joseph G. Alden, Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska,
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Healing
MARGARET MORRISON
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Steadfast Adherence to Truth
Duncan Sinclair
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Choosing the Good
W. Stuart Booth
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The Lectures
with contributions from Louise Screven Burton, Dorothy Eileen Heywood-Dove, Ober D. Hayward , Laure Romy, Henry N. Swanstrom, Georgia P. MacFarland
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Many years ago a great sorrow came to me, and my five...
Jacoba Janze-Brugman
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Having received so much benefit from testimonies read...
Mayme Boyd Wolfe
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Words cannot express my great gratitude for an understanding...
Lurinda W. Turner
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I am very happy to have the privilege of expressing...
Helen C. Dierks
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Christian Science is bringing me so many blessings that I...
Noël Douglas Ridsdale
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I should like to tell of my son's healing in Christian Science,...
Mary A. White with contributions from Frances M. White
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I am grateful for all the blessings I have had through...
George B. Thibodeau
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With great joy I wish to express my gratitude to Christian Science
Louise Berger with contributions from Charles Berger
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Serenity
ANNA EMANUEL WILLIAMS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from R. A. Young, Sidney Berry, Merle E. Fish