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TRUE REFLECTION
Many an individual has stood before a freak mirror and beheld the grotesque image reflected therein. If he knew nothing about mirrors, he might be frightened by what he saw, for he might believe that the misshapen creature was a true picture of himself. But if education has taught him that such a mirror does not give a true reflection, he would not be disturbed by what he saw, nor would he believe that he himself was deformed. He would know that what appeared to be his reflection was nothing but a distortion of the person he knew himself to be.
One dictionary definition of "mirror" is, "That which gives a true likeness or image; hence, a pattern." Consequently, if a person wanted to see a true likeness of himself, he would not choose a medium which could give only a false concept or image. The individual yearning to know himself as the real man, created in the image and likeness of God, as man is referred to in the first chapter of Genesis, should not look into the mirror of the carnal, or mortal mind, and base his conclusions on the distorted image which he beholds.
Mortal mind can never show the real man, patterned after the infinite Mind, God. To see himself as the true reflection, one should turn away from the distorted picture to the perfect, uncontorted reflection revealed through the mirror of Christian Science.
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December 20, 1958 issue
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CHRISTMAS AND PEACE ON EARTH
MAX DUNAWAY
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TRUE REFLECTION
ALICE WILT STRAUSS
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"THOU ART MINE"
NADINE R. EWING
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"BUT GOD IS HOLDING MY HAND"
MABEL O. STEWART
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GIFTS THAT HEAL AND BLESS
HARRY ABELES
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A CHRISTMAS WISH
Marion Alice Bowers
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"A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH"
VERONICA VIOLET PARK
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FREEDOM AND PEACE
ALEXANDRA B. CRICHTON
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A MATCHLESS OPPORTUNITY
HAZEL R. HARRISON
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THE DEMONSTRATION OF MAN'S DIVINE SONSHIP
Harold Molter
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MAN AS EMANATION
Helen Wood Bauman
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RADIO PROGRAM No. 274 - Depending on Divine Law Brings Protection
with contributions from John Llewellyn
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Prior to the year 1930, I was...
David Eichenbaum
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I desire to express gratitude for...
Ellen Rowlatt Millar
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I have many reasons for being...
Ellen E. Nelson
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During the period that our older son...
June Knapp Angell
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For over forty-one years I have...
Dorothy Baldwin Garretson
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Mary Baker Eddy states in "Miscellaneous Writings"...
Florence E. Urquhart
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I am grateful for the many healings...
Marjorie Wilson Tellison
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Christian Science has been a...
John A. Royse
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Signs of the Times
Roy L. Smith