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Reflection
Of all the terms employed by our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, to elucidate Christian Science, none is more important than the word "reflection." It describes the nature of the real man. It replaces the personal sense of him as a creator, separate from his source—God—with a true sense of his individuality, depending on that source for the life, power and intelligence which he manifests. Man is the reflection of immortal Mind, the witness of God.
However, there appears to be a counterfeit mortal mind, the sum total of erroneous thinking, which is unreal—nothing—but which seems to reverse every spiritual truth. It is based on material sense instead of spiritual sense. Men apparently receive its false suggestions and reproduce them, and this process has been elevated in human thought into a supposed law. We require the spiritual discernment of the truth which Christian Science has brought to the world, to realize that the whole mesmerism of suggestion is but the counterfeit of true reflection.
In Genesis (1:27) we are told that man was created in the image and likeness of God; in other words, that man is God's reflection, God's idea. "How are veritable ideas to be distinguished from illusions?" Mrs. Eddy asks on page 88 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures;" and she answers, "By learning the origin of each."
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December 7, 1935 issue
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Our Great Need
W. STUART BOOTH
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Walking with God
FLORENCE IRENE GUBBINS
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Reflection
ELIZABETH CROUSE
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"The warfare with one's self"
MAURICE MC CHURCH
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Praising His Name
BERNICE M. POST
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Our Wednesday Evening Meetings
ALLEN BARNARD DRURY
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Rich Possessions
LENA PEDRICK HOWARD
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Angels
FREDDA R. GRATKE
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Now and Forever!
GRACE E. BURTT MARTIN
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Your issue of May 31 contains a letter in which the...
Charles W. J. Tennant,
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A person is commonly said to be educated if he can...
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
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Confidence
ADAM DICKSON
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Church Work
Duncan Sinclair
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Father-Mother
Violet Ker Seymer
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The Lectures
with contributions from Ralph B. Scholfield, Marie B. Jessee, Bertha Ellsworth , Kate Exall Hobgen
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Christian Science was introduced into our home twenty-five...
Lillie Swartz Adese
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In grateful acknowledgment I attest to the healing power...
Augusta J. Myers
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With great gratitude I wish to testify to the healing...
Stephen Lawes Phillp
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I should like to express my sincere gratitude for Christian Science...
Margaret Pearl Hoffman
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Several years ago I had a remarkable proof of the presence...
Marvel LeVallie Anderson
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My first knowledge of Christian Science came from reading...
William E. Farr
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In 1916 I was divinely led to take up the study of...
Theresa A. Pepin
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Deep gratitude for the wonderful blessings I have received...
Elise Diederichs
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More than thirty years ago I saw a friend completely...
Charlotte A. Davis
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The Limner
IDA FULLER MOORE
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Frank Trew, C. T. Rae, N. J. Sproul