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NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD"
"BELOVED, now are we the sons of God" (I John 3:2). A shy and rather fearful little boy heard these words read at the close of the service in a Church of Christ, Scientist, to which he had been taken. He had understood little of the service, but these few words made a deep impression on him; they had a comforting and reassuring effect which he long remembered.
Do we, who regularly attend Christian Science services and hear these words read, week after week throughout the years, appreciate their full significance? Do we claim our sonship? Do we act as sons of God? Probably few can answer these questions affirmatively without some reservations. Yet to have given this statement so prominent a place in the Sunday services, our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, must have regarded it as of paramount importance. Let us consider what sonship with God means.
To illustrate: to the best of his ability, a loving human parent does all within his power for his child, providing for his needs and pleasures, educating and training him. He continues to watch over and care for him until he is able to provide for himself. God's bounty is ever available to His sons. His resources are limitless; His capacity to bless knows no bounds. His intelligent guidance is equal to every contingency, and His watchful care and protection are ceaselessly in operation. His sons do not reach the state of being able to or desirous of providing for themselves. God's sons are always His perfect reflections.
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October 10, 1959 issue
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WHAT SHOULD I DO FIRST?
PAUL H. EAMES
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"SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS"
ARLENE SHULL MAHONE
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NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD"
DONALD PEARCE
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OUR TRUE HOME
GLADYS ELLA GIBBS
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"NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE, BE DONE"
RUTH GAZZAM HAIGHT
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"THE EL DORADO OF CHRISTIANITY"
CHARLES GREEN
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GOD LOVES ME
Mary Weston-Webb
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THE STRANGER WITHIN THY GATES
Harold Molter
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EVERYONE IS IMPORTANT
Helen Wood Bauman
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RADIO PROGRAM No. 316 - Spiritual Awakening Brings Freedom
with contributions from Perry Crow
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BRANCH CHURCH PROGRESS
BY George Nay, of Boston, Massachusetts
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Four years ago kind friends made...
Hans Seeger
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My introduction to Christian Science...
Elizabeth Pratt Rice
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Because I was deeply religious...
Beatrice I. Gould
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It is with deep gratitude to God...
Alice Aston
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I shall be ever grateful to God...
Catherine M. Meinhard
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At one time I had an external...
Harold King
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My sister presented Christian Science...
Nellie F. Lehman
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When I was a child, the whole...
May Beck
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Beyond the frail premises of...
Joan Watson De Muth
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Charles L. Allen, James DeForest Murch