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In your issue of January 8 appeared a report of a sermon...
Greensboro Record
In your issue of January 8 appeared a report of a sermon in which a minister was quoted as saying that "no true Christian will deny the reality of sin. He will not say, Sin is a nonentity, it has no existence, it is a delusion of the mortal mind!" Space is asked to present an explanation of the teachings of Christian Science on this point.
In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy occurs the statement (p. 474): "If sin, sickness, and death are as real as Life, Truth, and Love, then they must all be from the same source. God must be their author." In the first chapter of Genesis we are told that "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." The creations of the infinitely good and perfect God, who is Spirit, are necessarily good and spiritual; and since sin, sickness, and death are not good, it follows that these manifestations of evil are creations of the devil, of whom Jesus declared: "He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." The lies of the devil—the carnal or mortal mind—have no validity, no power or law to uphold them. Otherwise, Christ Jesus could not have performed his mighty healing works. He said, "I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil;" but he did destroy sin, sickness, and death. In speaking of this the author of the Christian Science textbook asks the pertinent question (p. 474), "Is it possible, then, to believe that the evils which Jesus lived to destroy are real or the offspring of the divine will?"
The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science loved all mankind, and Christian Scientists are endeavoring to be obedient to her admonition (Christian Science versus Pantheism, p. 13), "Love all Christian churches for the gospel's sake; and be exceedingly glad that the churches are united in purpose, if not in method, to close the war between flesh and Spirit, and to fight the good fight till God's will be witnessed and done on earth as in heaven."
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June 8, 1935 issue
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"Keep the door of my lips"
MARY H. CUMMINS
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Duty and Ability
ALBERT M. CHENEY
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Assimilating Truth
CAROLINE B. WINGERT
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The Kingdom of God within Us
WILLIAM KOUWENHOVEN
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The Inward Voice
MYRTLE R. BIGGINS
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Our Work and Our Pay
LAURENCE A. BUCKLAND
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Using the Rules
JESSIE PHILLIPS
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Desire
FRANCES S. LARKIN
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In your issue of January 8 appeared a report of a sermon...
Oscar R. Porter, Jr., Committee on Publication for North Carolina,
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"Bible Student," referring to recent correspondence between...
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
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In a political radiocast during the noon hour today one...
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
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Christian Science reveals the spiritual law which underlay...
Frederick H. Astley Woodward, Committee on Publication for Devonshire, England,
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To Him That is Athirst
ELLA M. KINSLEY
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Spiritual-Mindedness
Duncan Sinclair
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Testifying for Truth
W. Stuart Booth
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The Lectures
with contributions from Vivien U. Willard, Fae Southard Banko
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It is with a sense of deep gratitude to God and to Mary Baker Eddy...
Anne Ellen Van Buuren
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I am profoundly grateful for Christian Science, because...
Lucy M. Barnes
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The Psalmist sang, "He brought me up also out of an...
Clarine Neathery
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Christian Science came into my life in 1922
Kurt Anders with contributions from Gertrud Anders
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I found Christian Science at a time of great need
Beatrice Avery Welton
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It is about twelve years since I first took up the study of...
Edith F. Campbell
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After many years of studying Christian Science, of having...
Caroline Davies with contributions from William C. Boone
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Christian Science was first brought to my attention more...
Edith H. Church
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It has been my desire for a long time to express my deep...
G. Brinton Campbell
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The Love of God
GWEN M. CASTLE
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Edward Archibald Thompson, Roger W. Babson, A Correspondent, Thomas Anderson, Frederick H. Knubel