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Face the Facts
OFTEN one is admonished to "face the facts," meaning by the term that one should recognize circumtances as they seem to exist, and then take such steps as are necessary to meet them. From a human standpoint, such a course may seem to be necessary and right; but when one approaches the question from the standpoint of spiritual discernment, what are the facts? In the world today there seem to be many conditions which are far from harmonious, and one may wish heartily that he could do somethimg to correct them. The vastness of the undertaking, however, makes one feel that, unaided, there is little one do to bring about their betterment.
Rightly considered, there is much that can be done which will benefit the individual and, in so doing, help to bring about more harmonious conditions for all mankind. Anyone sincerely desirous of doing his part may start from where he is today, for the overcoming of wrong conditions must begin in individual thinking; and in the measure that his thoughts are harmonious will the outward manifestations be harmonious also.
Mary Baker Eddy has given to the world through the teachings of Christian Science a sure and unfailing remedy for discord of every nature, whether it be expressed by an individual, a race, a nation, or a group of nations. When she made her great discovery in 1866, Mrs. Eddy stood alone. No one else in the whole world believed as she did, and the conditions of doubt, incredulity, and even of persecution, had to be faced with the absolute fact that God alone has power, and that matter with all its so-called laws is unreal and powerless.
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November 16, 1940 issue
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"The great attainment"
ELIZABETH S. MURRAY
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Face the Facts
LYMAN S. ABBOTT
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Proving Our Work
BURNETTA D. CARROLL
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Activity and Progress
HERBERT BUCHER
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The Work of the Sunday School
ANNE R. ADAMS
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"Every one's bands were loosed"
DELLA M. WHITNEY
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Outstanding Error
ALICE DAVIS SHELMIRE
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Home
MARY C. REYNOLDS
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"I. H. S." asks in a recent issue of the Herald for a...
R. Ashley Vines, Committee on Publication for Victoria, Australia,
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In a report of a recent lecture, mesmerism, Christian Science...
Meinrad Schnewlin, former Committee on Publication for German-speaking Switzerland,
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For the information of your many readers, will you kindly...
Albert C. Oakley, Committee on Publication for the State of Montana,
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In his letter, headed "Moral Rearmament" and published...
Samuel Taylor, Committee on Publication for Ayrshire, Scotland,
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"Kings and priests"
FLORENCE L. MAGERS
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"Unto the perfect day"
Alfred Pittman
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Requirement
Evelyn F. Heywood
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The Lectures
with contributions from Lee M. Jahn, J. Leslie Webster
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Twenty-five years ago I had been under a doctor's care...
Alice W. Reiser with contributions from Mildred R. Fisher
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It is with a grateful heart that I wish to acknowledge...
Elisabeth H. Higgens
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When a very small child, I sent out a prayer for help...
Ethel L. Bartow
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Among the many blessings Christian Science has brought...
Beatrice McMillan
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Christian Science seems to make its strongest appeal to...
Edward Earl Anderson with contributions from Lydia S. Anderson
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I feel I have withheld my testimony much too long, for...
Lola M. Dickinson
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Why should I be grateful for Christian Science? Because...
Jack Allan Partington
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The New Light
LAURA DUNBAR HAGARTY
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Arnold H. Lowe, Paul Reagor, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Mildred McAfee, J. William Hughes, Henry Geerlings