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The True Temple of Life
According to a familiar story, two masons were cutting stone for the same building. Each was asked what he was doing. The first replied that he was making blocks for a wall. The second replied that he was helping to build a beautiful temple, dedicated to God. While the purpose of the story may have been to encourage craftsmen not to forsake the pride of good workmanship, the moral may well be applied to the building of a life dedicated to the glory of God.
The instructions for building the true temple or shrine of one's life within individual consciousness were given to mankind centuries ago by Christ Jesus and are made plain to this age through the teachings of Christian Science. In Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy gives the spiritual definition of "temple." It reads, ''Body; the idea of Life, substance, and intelligence; the superstructure of Truth; the shrine of Love." Science and Health, p. 595;
Such a structure is reared in the heart and requires that one base it upon such qualities of thought as were evidenced by the Master, whose own life rested upon the foundation of divine Truth. He said, "The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner." Matt. 21: 42; This stone, or rock, to which he referred is the great healing truth that God is infinite Spirit and that man and the universe are His reflections—spiritual, not material.
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September 3, 1966 issue
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The Atmosphere of Soul
AUDREY H. BUTTERWORTH
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Health Is Harmony
MARCO WOLFF
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Ability from God
FRANKIE L. THOMAS
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The Mark of a Good Soldier
JOHN LAWRENCE DIER
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"Leaning on the sustaining infinite"
FRANCES FIGGINS
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"THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH"
Doris A. Lewis
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The True Temple of Life
FLORENCE MILLER KLEIST
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What Marilyn Saw
ANNE STEARNS CONDON
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The Great Physician
Helen Wood Bauman
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One Soul
Carl J. Welz
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I was introduced to Christian Science in my early teens when my...
F. Richard Wolff
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Before my introduction to Christian Science...
Mabel A. Metcalf
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One day an inharmonious condition developed that steadily grew...
Donald B. Hickman
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I became acquainted with Christian Science at an advanced age...
Sophie Staudenmaier
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About three years ago, and just fifteen minutes before guests began...
Harriett V. Keller
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A healing for which I am grateful occurred while I was serving as...
Lillian Madsen Laurent
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Words cannot begin to express my gratitude for Christian Science
Marina Margetts Grimes
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Signs of the Times
Gordon D. Kaufman