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The Supreme Confidence
Without some measure of trust and confidence in others, the affairs of men could not be carried on, nor could the ordinary amenities of life be enjoyed. Each day and hour most of us are in contact with our fellow men, and we should see that, as Paul stated, "none of us liveth to himself," for "we live unto the Lord." In our relationships one with another a state of individual trustworthiness is, as a rule, taken for granted and more or less unconsciously accepted. Confidence between human beings is usually evoked by some particular attribute or personal qualification, but a noteworthy exception to this rule is found in the faith and confidence extended by young children to their parents and others, a beautiful example of trustful love, which the Master himself made use of in his teachings.
Turning to consider what is meant by confidence in God, we are confronted by a more spiritual aspect of the word. In such connection the term "confidence" takes on a more profound and definite meaning, for it involves spiritual understanding. As with Paul, it is incumbent upon us to know what we believe. Only by persistent prayer and self-abnegation can complete confidence in God be attained and an understanding be reached of man's true being as God's representative, reflecting dominion over all the earth. God is the Life of all; for, as Paul declares, "in him we live, and move, and have our being."

August 19, 1933 issue
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A Complete Providing
LAURA DUNBAR HAGARTY
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On Knowing God
E. HOWARD HOOPER
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Scientific Restitution
PEARL G. ANDREWS
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The Supreme Confidence
WILLIAM MACNAGHTEN MACDONALD
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Discerning "the signs of the times"
J. ALLEN BARRIS
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Simplicity in Christian Science
DOROTHEA D. DULIN
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Overcoming Evil Suggestions
HELEN DYER BEAVER
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Joy
JEAN M. SNYDER
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At the annual convention of Anglo-Catholic priests in...
John H. O'Loughlin,
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Kindly allow me space to comment briefly on a letter...
Richard E. Prince,
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I have read with interest the report of a recent local...
J. Latimer Davis,
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Under the title "Christianity and Christian Science" a...
Count Helmuth von Moltke,
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"Sickness as only thought"
Duncan Sinclair
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The Feast, not Excuses
Violet Ker Seymer
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The Lectures
with contributions from Gove S. Taylor, Mildred P. Kindy, Eleanor C. Hawley, Winfield C. Vaughn, Vyse B. Whedon, William Schaefer, Phebe N. Burbridge, Norah M. Jackman, Daisy L. Whittaker
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Christian Science came into my experience at a time...
Mildred A. Miller
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Christian Science first found me about fourteen years...
Luisa Rosenthal with contributions from Walter Rosenthal
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Christian Science came into our lives over five years ago,...
Lydia D. Steinmetz with contributions from Edward Charles Steinmetz, Edward Steinmetz
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This testimony is sent with the prayer that it may give...
Harry Klemptner with contributions from Dorothy M. Klemptner
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It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I acknowledge...
Willie Ross Deputy
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Roy L. Smith, Walter Lippmann, Josiah Sibley