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A SONG FOR LABOR DAY
In various parts of the globe a day each year is celebrated as Labor Day. In some countries this observance comes on or around the first of May; but on the North American continent, in most of the United States and the Canadian provinces, the holiday falls on the first Monday in September. A dictionary states that this day has been "set aside as a legal holiday, in honor of, or in the interest of, workingmen as a class."
To the Christian Scientist, all days are labor days, yes, and holy days; for what active Scientist is not a workingman or a working-woman? Our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, says in her Message to The Mother Church for 1900 (p. 2), "The song of Christian Science is, 'Work—work—work— watch and pray.'"
Now there can be quite a difference many times between work and labor. Labor can be synonymous with toil and drudgery; whereas one's work can be joyful, interesting, and burdenless. The wise Carlyle in his "Past and Present" wrote: "Genuine Work alone, what thou workest faithfully, that is eternal, as the Almighty Founder and World-Builder himself." Then later on he makes the statement which has become classic, "Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness." Here a recommendation to students of Christian Science may not be amiss: Take the Concordances to Mrs. Eddy's writings and look up all of her references under "work." This will prove a task not to be finished in a day, but it outlines a most profitable and inspiring study.
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September 4, 1948 issue
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE—THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM
LUCY P. P. FRISBEE
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THE NECESSITY FOR DAILY STUDY
ROY L. HARVEY
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HUMILITY
Rita Lenore Andrews
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"YE ARE MY WITNESSES"
MARIAN CAMPBELL
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MAN'S INHERITANCE
JOHN LEE
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"SHEPHERD, SHOW ME HOW TO GO"
ISABEL CUTELLI SAVA
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ACTIVE GRATITUDE
ESTHER JONES SLOAN
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THE LITTLE GRACES
Helen B. Phelps
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THE NOTHINGNESS OF NOTHING
LILLIAN JERMANE
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THE BEACON LIGHT OF PRAYER
Oma Olna Martin
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A SONG FOR LABOR DAY
John Randall Dunn
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MAN'S DEPENDENCE ON GOD
Helen Wood Bauman
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"The Lord is the portion of mine...
Dewey May Yates
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On page 494 of our textbook,...
Wesley A. Stanger
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Christian Science was first...
Annie Pauline Lee
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It is with sincere gratitude and...
Loretta Orchard
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I should like to relate the following...
Anna Jacoba Grets
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Many years ago I turned to...
Luella Adelia Clough
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Mary Baker Eddy, on page 494...
Gilbert Pierce Haight, Jr. with contributions from Ruth Gazzam Haight
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I turned to Christian Science for...
Ethel King Slater
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Frank Martin, William H. Hunter, John Sutherland Bonnell, Roy L. Smith, A. Dale Fiers, Harry Emerson Fosdick