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"Stop! Look! Listen!"
In the study and application of Christian Science the student may find, sometimes, certain words or phrases which act as monitors to his thought, helping him to keep in the direct course which he is desiring to pursue. One such admonition appears weekly on the cover page of the Christian Science Sentinel, in Jesus' words, "What I say unto you I say unto all, Watch." Thus did the Master enjoin his followers to keep constant and meticulous guard over their thoughts and motives.
There are other admonitions which may serve a similar purpose, such as "Stop! Look! Listen!" To those familiar with railroad crossings, especially those of an earlier day, these words may recall a familiar picture. At the point where the country road crossed over the railroad track there was posted the white, triangular sign with its warning in bold, black letters, "Stop! Look! Listen!" And there the driver would stop, obeying the command, and thus place himself on the side of safety.
The Psalmist declared, "My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up." Jesus obeyed God's voice and would "stop" his labor and turn to Him in prayer. And he sometimes arose a great time before day and withdrew in solitude to commune with the Father. Sometimes during the day he prayed in the wilderness alone, sometimes with his disciples; and on a notable occasion he went up into a mountain to pray with his beloved Peter, James, and John. When at the tomb of Lazarus, he communed with God. When he was alone at the close of day, we find him engaged in prayer. Wherever he went and whatever he did, his thought continually communed with God.
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January 11, 1941 issue
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"Stop! Look! Listen!"
LEONARD TILLOTSON CARNEY
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Man Is the Image of Love
D. MURIEL SAVARY
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The Continuity of Good
E. HOWARD HOOPER
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"God's servants are minute men and women"
FLORENCE L. ANSTEY
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True Self-Government
JEAN ELIZABETH THOMPSON
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"In the name of the Lord"
RACHEL M. PRATT
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The Secret Place
ANNE H. BROGAN
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"Miscellaneous Writings" by Mary Baker Eddy Its Background and Purpose
ALBERT F. GILMORE
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Your interesting article on the subject of "Spiritual Healing"...
R. Ashley Vines, Committee on Publication for Victoria, Australia,
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The New York Herald-Tribune carried a dispatch from...
B. Palmer Lewis, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,
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"Who is thine enemy?"*
DORIS ANNE PEEL
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Unfailing Resources
George Shaw Cook
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"The rule of Life"
Evelyn F. Heywood
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The Lectures
with contributions from Margaret Morrison, Mabel I. Davis, Christopher F. Emling
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My first healing in Christian Science was instantaneous...
Carrie S. Craig
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In my early years in the study of Christian Science I had...
Hannah M. Ihle
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Christian Science has done so much for my family and...
Elsie Helene Christensen
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I have had many proofs of the healing power of Christian Science,...
Josephine Killough Fitzgerald with contributions from Austin N. Fitzgerald
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Words could never express my gratitude for Christian Science
Urban Wilson Gazley
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The depth of love and gratitude felt by one who has...
Margaret Howes
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Often in the Wednesday evening testimony meetings one...
Lilian Lloyd Thayer with contributions from Francis C. Thayer
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Petition
HELEN KNAUS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from James M. Maxon, Janet Beardsley, Thomas M. Palmer, P. H. B. Lyon, Governor Dickinson