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"THE REFINEMENT OF JOY"
THE words of the title of this article appear on page 101 of "Miscellaneous Writings" by Mary Baker Eddy. Here she asks some questions in regard to inspiration, spontaneous healing, and demonstration. Her beautiful answer follows: "He alone knows these wonders who is departing from the thraldom of the senses and accepting spiritual truth,—that which blesses its adoption by the refinement of joy and the dismissal of sorrow."
There is a cry the world over for "the dismissal of sorrow" and a hunger for "the refinement of joy." If only one could have money, health, right occupation, all would be well is the thought expressed by many. But through all time it has been proved that these things in themselves do not bring happiness, and mankind eventually learn that matter never satisfies mortal mind.
When Christ Jesus, our Way-shower, made his entrance into the world, the angel announced to the shepherds "good tidings of great joy" (Luke 2:10). Jesus' lifework was the perfect example of refined joy in action. He did not let the conditions of lack, strife, and disease which were around him take away his joy. Why? Because the Christ was ever present in his consciousness to bless and heal.
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July 25, 1959 issue
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THE PERFECT RULE FOR MEETING HUMAN NEEDS
ELLA H. HAY
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"AS HE THINKETH . . . SO IS HE"
J. LESLIE HADDON
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WHAT ARE WE SEEING?
JESSIE PAFFLEY
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OUR TRUE INHERITANCE
JOHN LEE
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TRUTH IS NEVER NEUTRAL
MYRA KING WHITSON
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GOD'S DIVINE AND ETERNAL PURPOSE
LUCILLE P. SHIRLEY
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"THE REFINEMENT OF JOY"
SAVILLA WELK AMERY
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JILL PASSES A SWIMMING TEST
JANE PARTIS MC CARTY
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"I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST"
Harold Molter
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GOD IS PRESENT WITH US
JOHN J. SELOVER
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Twenty-two years ago a physician...
HARRIET F. FLEMING with contributions from EMILIE F. SCHWARTZ, MARION F. JONES
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The spiritual understanding of...
David E. Sleeper
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"Trials are proofs of God's care"
Katherine Becker
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Mrs. Eddy tells us in the textbook,...
Louise Herot
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I came into Christian Science...
Madge Foland Kuykendall with contributions from E. S. Kuykendall
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How does one put into words the...
Lilyon M. Winkie
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I learned of Christian Science...
Elfriede Garten
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Signs of the Times
Hugh Stevenson Tigner