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Dispelling Illusions
One of the hardest things for humanity to accept is the statement that evil is an illusion. And yet, the great Teacher, Jesus the Christ, demonstrated this fact over and over again. Every so-called miracle that he performed was a proof of the unreality of evil. In many instances, even the materially-minded were obliged to accept the testimony that sickness and suffering had disappeared before the might of Mind. Through spiritual discernment Jesus beheld the reality of being, and so corrected the false situation. His pure consciousness did not accept the false evidence presented to him and others, for such a consciousness knows only good.
In the writings of Mary Baker Eddy are many passages in which evil is classified as illusion. On page 11 of "Rudimental Divine Science" she says: "What seem to be disease, vice, and mortality are illusions of the physical senses. These illusions are not real, but unreal."
These words came to the writer with a new significance on an occasion when she was driving across a desert country. From time to time a vast sheet of water seemed to be visible in the distance; even the reflection of trees and rocks was plainly seen. Yet, although these images were apparent, neither the writer nor the other occupants of the car were deceived into believing them to be real. Everyone knew that as they drew nearer the mirage would disappear.
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November 5, 1938 issue
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The True Substance of Happiness
ANNA E. HERZOG
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Instantaneous Healing
WILLIAM SAFFELLE RAWLINGS
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Absolute Good
KATE W. BUCK
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Choosing a Practitioner
RUTH C. EISEMAN
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True Law and Government
CECIL F. HERINGTON
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Dispelling Illusions
GWEN M. CASTLE
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Spiritual Unfoldment
ELSE W. SWINSON
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A Standard Bearer
MARY FRANCES MYERS
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Morning
ISLA PASCHAL RICHARDSON
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My attention has been drawn to the article on "Health...
Paymaster Capt. William H. Coomber, Committee on Publication for Bedfordshire, England,
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In the Erin Advocate of the 16th there appeared from...
James W. Fulton, Committee on Publication for Ontario, Canada,
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The author of your "More or Less Personal" column,...
Joseph G. Alden, former Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska,
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Now!
WALTER BERRY
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"Science and peace"
Violet Ker Seymer
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"The counter fact"
George Shaw Cook
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The Lectures
with contributions from Corinne Davis Dunmore
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When I was about thirty years of age, the doctors said...
John Goss with contributions from Emily Smith
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Before knowing anything of Christian Science, I was...
Lillian F. Angerman
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It is with deep gratitude that I give my testimony of...
Esther Toscoz
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There are so many good things which God has done for...
Sara S. Lazenby
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I have great cause to praise and thank God for the many...
Fred Hershelman
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I am most grateful for the loving help and healing which...
May E. Morrish
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My gratitude for Christian Science increases as my study...
Marie E. Burgess with contributions from Luella Stultz
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Healing
MARION WELLS DAVIS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from C. P. Roberts, H. T. Ewald, James Reid, Herbert H. Lehman, Basil Miller