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A Job Well Done
There is immense satisfaction in doing a job well. Even though our work may seem inconsequential, even menial, a conscious attempt to express perfection in each detail will lift it above the humdrum and pay a rich dividend in genuine self-respect.
However, Christ Jesus' admonition "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" Matt. 5:48; indicates that striving for perfection of thought and act has a deeper root than just a positive approach to our duties. It is a demand of God, invariable divine Principle, and the more implicit our obedience, the more harmony and satisfaction will be ours.
From the Middle Ages right down to fairly recent times, the craftsman and his love of excellence has earned the respect of all. But the age of mass production has somewhat tarnished this image. Several months ago a prominent news magazine published an in-depth discussion of the growing inefficiency that is plaguing America. It described how carelessness and poor workmanship are causing widespread inconvenience to owners of autos and household appliances. Many consumer products not only give trouble when they are brand new but continue to malfunction after being repeatedly repaired.
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October 3, 1970 issue
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Positive Good Annuls Negative Evil
HELEN C. HERRING
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A Clear Right-of-way
JOHN A. THOMASSON
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Repression or Expression?
JEANNE GUERIN BENGSTON
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SPIRITUAL INTENT AND THE SKYLARK
Milton B. Marks
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Error Must Be Condemned
M. BETH KELLAM
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Action on Campus
J. THOMAS BLACK
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One Divine Standard of Living
NANCY JOY PERKINS
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So You Are Moving!
MARY ELIZABETH LEEVER
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Sunny's Shelter
BARBARA MARY FERGUSON
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To Care for the Environment
Carl J. Welz
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A Job Well Done
Alan A. Aylwin
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I would like to tell of a healing I experienced only last year
Clarence E. King with contributions from Maude S. King, Ruel D. King
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Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health (p. 494), "Divine Love...
Renee F. K. Vine with contributions from Virginia J. Burks
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I have been a student of Christian Science for thirty-six years,...
Charles Bosworth Cook
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Some years ago my husband was employed by the Government...
Gertrude LeMay
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from George Walker, T. W. Thomas