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Bible Notes
[The Biblical citations given in the Christian Science Quarterly are from the Authorized King James Version. The Bible Notes in this column can be used, if deemed necessary, to elucidate some of the words or passages contained in the Bible Lessons.]
"The horn of my salvation" (Ps. 18:2)—The term "horn" is one which is constantly employed in the Old Testament, and sometimes also in the New Testament (for instance, in Luke 1:69), in the figurative sense of power or strength, the symbolism being derived from the horns of certain animals which are used for offensive purposes.
"Abram" and "Abraham" (Neh. 9:7)—The meaning of the term "Abram" is apparently "exalted" (ram) "father" (ab). The suggestion recorded in Genesis 17:5, to the effect that Abraham means "father of many nations," or of a multitude, is now generally taken by scholars to be a play upon words rather than a definite etymological note, for such a play upon words occurs often in the Old Testament. There is found to be no such word as "raham" in Hebrew, but the word for "multitude" is "hamon," which appears to have suggested the change from "Abram" to "Abraham," and the sense which is attached to the latter of the two names by the Biblical writer.

June 8, 1940 issue
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Loyalty
FRANCES R. CORNER
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Utilization of Spiritual Power
GEORGE C. EWING
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Uprightness
MABEL J. ANSON
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The Mirror of Divine Science
CHARLES W. J. TENNANT
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"All good for you His wisdom planned"
MARJORIE C. SELLERS
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The Inspired Word
BERNICE BEAL
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The Race and the Prize
DORIS M. SMITH
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Assurance
SYDNEY KING RUSSELL
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My attention has been called to an item published in...
E. Howard Hooper,
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In a letter in a recent issue, "X. Y. Z." states that he...
R. Ashley Vines,
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Your correspondent, "Luke," in referring to a Christian Science...
Mrs. Winifred M. Hartley,
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Revelation
EDGAR J. MOORE
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Let Us Go Forward
George Shaw Cook
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The Determining Factor
Alfred Pittman
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The Lectures
with contributions from Claire L. Bull, Harry Conklin Willson, William Miller, Charles W. Atkin, John Nairn Oliver, Faunt S. LeRoy
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"Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath...
Bessie H. Hunter
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I am happy to give my testimony in gratitude for all the...
Claire Bailly with contributions from Lucien Bailly
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I wish to express my gratitude for being able to lay aside...
Arnita Walden Parker
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Out of deep gratitude and love for Christian Science,...
Genevieve Perrin
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I wish to express my deepest gratitude for the great help...
David, Earl of Airlie
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When Christian Science was presented to me, more than...
Mabel Gertrude Dobson
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All that I am today I owe to Christian Science
Lida Cooper
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"Open thou mine eyes"
CATHERINE B. ROBERTS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from J. A. Goodman, Henry Pitt Van Dusen, F. Sparrow, Arthur Zuckerman, F. R. Stevens