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Shutting and Opening Thought
In any context shutting and opening are very decisive actions. When applied to the door of spiritual understanding, they signify a prayerful mental attitude that is definite and positive, not tentative or uncommitted. This demands not only clear discrimination between what we should admit and what we should refuse but also a firm implementation of this selection.
Christ Jesus once said to his disciples, "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." Matt. 6:6;

March 1, 1969 issue
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Listen, Follow, and Rejoice
BARBARA JUERGENS FOX
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Blessing, Not Bargaining
J. MORRISON HALCROW
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Shutting and Opening Thought
EVELYN M. S. DUCKETT
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Drugs Can't Do It!
MADELINE MONTGOMERY DALE
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COIN IN FISH'S MOUTH
Richard Henry Lee
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Man Cannot Fall
GORDON THOMAS SPARE
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit"
JULIA IRENE FITZGERALD
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRACTICE
Martha H. Scherf
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A Principle to Demonstrate
Helen Wood Bauman
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Morality Has a Spiritual Basis
William Milford Correll
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As a child, I was under constant medical care because of having...
Isabella K. Alexander
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The opportunity to test my own faith in God in the face of a...
Helen D. Doolittle
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This testimony is written in the hope that it will comfort and help...
Nancy L. Zuelke with contributions from Laurence W. Zuelke
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I feel the deepest gratitude for the honor and pleasure...
Kenneth C. Gibbs
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To have been raised by a mother dedicated to the teachings of...
Bettie Maude Patterson with contributions from Carl J. Patterson
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My mother, for whose courage and steadfastness I shall always...
Thelma Thomson with contributions from George F. Thomson
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RADIO PROGRAM NO. 360 - Overcoming Fear of Emergencies
Harlan Witham with contributions from Michael Thorneloe
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Signs of the Times
Richard C. Davids