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A Sense of Mission
God is our Life, and this Life never goes through stages of birth, maturity, and death. As ideas of Life we actually dwell in the ever-present reality of God's being. Christian Science shows us that we may effectively deny the claims of mortality and affirm the truth. Then the false sense of self-importance as mortals disappears, and the true sense, the importance of spiritual selfhood, becomes clear. It is then we begin to gain a sense of usefulness here on earth.
Christ Jesus knew why he was here and what he was to do. He said (John 18:37), "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.'" His sense of mission led him, at the beginning of his career, to John the Baptist, insisting that John should baptize him and saying, "Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness" (Matt. 3: 15). And at the end of his career he permitted himself to be crucified in order to convey his message in terms which could be understood by thought educated in the traditions of sacrifice and the remission of sins through the shedding of blood.
May 11, 1963 issue
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Man, the Joyous Expression of Soul
REGINA HUGHES WILSON
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Enfolded in Mind
LEWIS HUBNER
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From the Very First Day
LYNDELL B. MC KENZIE
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NEIGHBORLINESS
Graham Cameron Driscoll
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See Only Good as Real
VIRGINIA T. GUFFIN
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Unlimited Ability
JANET DOUD DRISKILL
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To All Members of The Mother Church
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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The Supposed Realm
Helen Wood Bauman
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A Sense of Mission
Carl J. Welz
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I first heard of Christian Science...
Amy E. Tysoe
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I am joyously grateful for Christian Science...
Frederick H. Wadley with contributions from Nancy F. Wadley
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It is with a sense of deep and...
Pieternella D. de Keijzer
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I should like to express heartfelt...
Dorcas W. Strong
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Several years ago our son suffered...
Paul Nelson
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Canon C. Bertram Runnalls, A. R. Mowbray