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THE READER'S RESPONSIBILITY
It is a joyous privilege to serve as a Reader in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist. To the casual observer it may seem a comparatively simple thing to stand at a desk and read aloud certain prescribed passages. Yes, it is simple, but it is the hard-won simplicity of godliness—of victory over self—which enables a Reader to fulfill his duties with freedom and joy.
A newly elected Reader will find clear instruction in Article III, Section 1, of the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy. "Moral Obligations" is the title of this section, which reads as follows: "The Readers of The Mother Church and of all its branch churches must devote a suitable portion of their time to preparation for the reading of the Sunday lesson, —a lesson on which the prosperity of Christian Science largely depends. They must keep themselves unspotted from the world,—uncontaminated with evil,—that the mental atmosphere they exhale shall promote health and holiness, even that spiritual animus so universally needed."

April 11, 1953 issue
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A CLARION CALL
JANE W. MC KEE
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CHRISTIAN HEALING
TULLY NETTLETON
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FOOTSTEPS TO PERFECTION
JEANNE PAUL CHRISTENSEN
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TEXTBOOK AND NEWSPAPER
LEWIS CHARLES HUBNER
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"AND THIS IS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE"
MARJORY ELVINA GILLINGS
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FATHERHOOD
Jean E. Cameron
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THE READER'S RESPONSIBILITY
MARGARET NOBLE PLEASANT
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN ATHLETICS
ERIC BOLE
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THE MASTER AT NAIN
Helen Robertson Whitehead
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GOOD ALONE IS REAL
Richard J. Davis
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"THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES"
Helen Wood Bauman
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FROM ANNUAL REPORTS OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE COMMITTEES ON PUBLICATION
with contributions from Eric Herbert Atkinson, E. Margaret Grace, Georgina Haddenhorst, William J. Wilson
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When I became interested in...
Lionel Beresford Seyler
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"Man's extremity is God's opportunity."
Mildred F. Carey
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Many healings and blessings...
Irene C. Dedon
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More than twenty years ago,...
Louise Duncan
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In gratitude to God for our revered...
Jessie Clyne
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Christian Science has been the...
Muriel Alma Nagle
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I shall always be grateful that I...
Elisabeth Adriana Hagedoorn
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I am very grateful for a healing...
Morton Leonard Vance, Jr. with contributions from Bettie F. Vance
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More than thirty years ago my...
Elsie E. Sacheroff
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I am deeply grateful for Christian Science...
Martha S. Eddleman
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Marshall Ketchum, F. J. Raasch