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Our Real Reward
Our good deeds often appear to go unrewarded. In business and home relations we are not always treated the way we think we deserve to be. But harboring a sense of injustice is neither helpful nor rewarding. At such times we must rise above what seems to be an inequity and realize that our real reward is spiritual, not material.
We learn in Christian Science that omnipresent God is ever bestowing spiritual riches upon His emanation, immortal man. Our great Exemplar, Jesus, understood his real identity to be the Christ, the spiritual idea of God. Christ Jesus knew that one who honors the Christ by doing good deeds will never go unrewarded. The Master told his disciples, "Whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward." Mark 9:41;

December 9, 1967 issue
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The Spirit and the Letter
EDGAR ISAAC NEWGASS
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Our Real Reward
JEAN LUCE LEE
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To Express Is to Experience
LOIS GRIGGS MUNFORD
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The Correct View Brings Healing
MALCOLM W. MacDONALD
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Success Requires Action
DEBORAH S. HOFFMAN
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A Progressive Way
BARBARA BLECH DUNBAR
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Man's Character
Helen Wood Bauman
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"The highway to heaven"
Alan A. Aylwin
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I have had many physical and other healings in Christian Science
George Garland with contributions from Edith Payson Sedan
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"The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light"...
Beverly Jordan Farris
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It is with deep gratitude that I express my thanks for and sincere...
Edna M. Hughes with contributions from Graeme Hughes, Madeline Holtgreiwe
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My mother took up the study of Christian Science when I was...
Edward Clayton Snyder
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Signs of the Times
Theodore C. Sorensen