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To demonstrate the healing power of Science: are we getting the spirit as well as the word?
OUR UNDERSTANDING ALWAYS SUFFICIENT
How often we hear the lament, "I haven't enough understanding to demonstrate the healing power of Christian Science." While it is true that we all need spiritual understanding, let us bear in thought that mere knowledge of the letter of Christian Science is not in itself sufficient to heal the woes and ills of mankind. Mary Baker Eddy, the beloved Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 495), advises that we "study thoroughly the letter and imbibe the spirit."
The patriarchs of old had very little of the letter compared to what the student of Christian Science today has at his command. Yet these venerable followers of Truth raised the dead and healed all manner of ills by a simple faith in the omnipotence and ever-presence of God. They understood somewhat the truth of being and through simple logic proved it to be practical. There is little doubt that they made every possible effort to gain as much of the letter as their times afforded, but it was their firm trust in God, divine Principle, which gave them spiritual dominion.
It is essential that we know the letter of Christian Science, It is, however, more essential that we imbibe the spirit of its practical usefulness. The amount of letter knowledge we have gained is not so important as the faith and confidence in the truth we declare, however small it may seem to be. Our need is to place full reliance on Truth, knowing that only good will be manifested.
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May 28, 1949 issue
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LIBERTY'S CRUSADE
HOWARD JACOB LEONARD
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CASTING OUT FEAR
KATHARINE B. MOORE
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"WITH GRAVE-CLOTHES LAID ASIDE"
ISRAEL PICKENS
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HE CANNOT ESCAPE LOVE
Grace Nixon Stecher
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THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: ITS PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION
HARRY E. DE LASAUX
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TRUTH'S CERTAINTY
GERTRUDE E. VELGUTH
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OUR UNDERSTANDING ALWAYS SUFFICIENT
MONROE S. IRELAND
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TIMMY PROVES THAT TRUTH HEALS
MARIE HELENE SPENGLER
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PAUL
Winthrop Pitt Tryon
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SELF-CONTROL VERSUS BONDAGE
George Channing
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THE AFFLUENCE OF GOD
Robert Ellis Key
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Nervous tension and illness healed through reformed thinking
Martha Titus Knight
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Influenza cured. Lost articles found
Robert C. Martin
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Daily experience enriched by spiritual sense of joy
Ruth Stelzenmuller
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Aviator proves supporting power of divine Love
Grace L. Hess with contributions from Miriam Priestley, Jane Priestley
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Persecution stopped. Student advances
Arthur Wilkins
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BARS OF SENSE
Hallie Dupree Shipman
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Marshall R. Reed, R. F. V. Scott, Henry Geerlings, A. W. Fortune, G. H. M.