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A Straight Course
[Written Especially for Young People]
MARY BAKER EDDY makes this direct statement in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 268): "The Christian Scientist keeps straight to the course." The student who recognizes this, and acts accordingly, will always succeed. He is consistent and alert to every opportunity for service. He listens to God's commands and goes forward in humility and love. He rejoices in the beauty of God's universe. With a heart overflowing with gratitude, he realizes that he is inseparable from divine Love's infinitude of good, of right ideas. There is no retrograde step for the one who keeps a straight course.
The young student may be tempted to seek an easier way, perhaps to follow person instead of Principle. But such bypaths only lead into the wilderness of false beliefs, which sooner or later must be left behind. Should one have unpleasant experiences, or stumble in the way, it only means that he must rise up, putting out thoughts of condemnation and self-pity, and press on in his realization and demonstration of Truth.
Each victory over error helps us to take the next step in the right direction. Sometimes the question is asked, "How can we always know the right direction?" Thomas asked Jesus, "How can we know the way?" The reply, "I am the way, the truth, and the life," is a message for all mankind in every age.
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February 15, 1941 issue
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The Threshing Time
MILDRED PHILLIPS KINDY
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True Loyalty
LYMAN S. ABBOTT
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"Rise and pray"
LELIA EUGENIE SMITH
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True Relationship
FRED C. FISHER
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"Principle is imperative"
CONSTANCE PINWILL
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A Straight Course
LILLIAN TURNER FINDLAY
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The Meek
ANNA STANTON LAY
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A Christian Science program was conducted from Station...
Douglas R. Henderson
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The Letter and the Spirit
George Shaw Cook
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Claiming the Right Report
Alfred Pittman
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The Lectures
with contributions from Albert W. Westpalm van Hoorn, Charles A. G. Thudichum, Edith Glenn Southwell, K. F. Maude Kisch, Charles Fredrick Sheppard, Mary Louise Gedge
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With my heart full of gratitude, I wish to express my...
Elsie Marie Busker
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Christian Science was brought to my attention about...
Alfred Eisele with contributions from Kathrine Eisele
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With deepest gratitude I bear witness to the benefits I...
Amélie Thramann
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For more than twenty—three years Christian Science has...
Elizabeth Christan Cheetham
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It is with a deep sense of gratitude for the many benefits...
A. Geraldine MacWhirter
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On page 205 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany,"...
Harold Reynolds Cheney with contributions from Oryal H. Cheney
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"Thy will be done"
MAURICE MC C. CHURCH
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from F. G. Phillips, P. Henry Lotz, Marshall R. Reed, William T. Ellis, Dean W. Parker