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One's success as a Christian Scientist determined by humility, receptivity, and willingness to heal
OUR APPROACH TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Agenuine love of God and an earnest desire to understand Him spiritually are the best introduction to Christian Science. Then thought will be humble and receptive, anxious to learn and slow to criticize. An argumentative frame of mind is not helpful in approaching Christian Science, and to argue against some of its statements while accepting others tends to becloud thought and induce unreceptivity. We can quickly learn to argue for Christian Science when we accept God as Spirit and man, His image and likeness, as spiritual. Logical conclusions drawn from this premise are fruitful and productive, and they obey the simple rules which are laid down in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
Questions are legitimate; it is, however, the character of the questions and the way in which they are worded that often reveal whether the questioner is sincerely searching for Truth or is asking questions with the ulterior motive of proving Christian Science wrong or contradictory on some point. If he engages in the unprofitable pursuit of human argumentation and persists in it, this may hinder his spiritual progress. But if he approaches Christian Science in sincerity and without bias, he will be enabled to advance rapidly in the understanding of Truth and find health, happiness, and success.
Humble, receptive thinkers are described by Mrs. Eddy in her textbook in these words (p. 450): "They are sincere, generous, noble, and are therefore open to the approach and recognition of Truth. To teach Christian Science to such as these is no task. They do not incline longingly to error, whine over the demands of Truth, nor play the traitor for place and power." And she adds immediately: "Some people yield slowly to the touch of Truth. Few yield without a struggle, and many are reluctant to acknowledge that they have yielded; but unless this admission is made, evil will boast itself above good."
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April 16, 1949 issue
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TRUE BEING IS ETERNAL
MARY POWELL HOWE
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RESURRECTION
Winifred M. Earl
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HEALING THROUGH DIVINE LOVE
WILL B. DAVIS
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BORN OF THE SPIRIT
DOROTHY A. EREAUT
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PRAYER AN IMPERATIVE DEMAND
RALPH R. BAILEY
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"AN UNDERLYING UNDERSTANDING"
BESSIE L. CARN
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OUR APPROACH TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LESLIE BURN ANDREAE
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PROOF OF LOVE'S PROVISION
MARGARET S. GREEN
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WHERE DO WE STAND?
Ruth A. Chapin
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THE FACT OF IMMORTALITY
George Channing
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THE MORNING WATCH
Robert Ellis Key
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Mental surgery heals wounds due to sting
Marie Malot
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Poem from periodicals helps in healing
Ruth C. Buckelew
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Glasses removed as faultfinding ceases
William F. Rubert
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Health, vigor, joy brought into experience
Georgia Marie Walker
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Bible illumined; fistula disappears
Arthur Egginson with contributions from Ida M. Egginson, Bessie O. Kirkpatrick
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New hope is born after reading textbook
Rose Tabris
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Growth disappears; pneumonia healed
Sayde Hayton
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LOVE IN YOUR HEART
Elsie Schoen
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from W. G. Gamble, Rollin H. Walker, Frank Martin, Charles A. Wells