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Stars in the Firmament

In the apocalyptic vision of John, the woman who is the type of the spiritual idea, of man in the image of God, wears a crown of twelve stars.

Righteous Rejoicing

No one can know, without having had the experience, what a joyful relief comes to those who through Christian Science treatment have been set free from physical ailments after they have searched in vain for healing through material methods.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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From Our Exchanges

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A contributor makes the statement: "One need not be a Christian Scientist to know that a man with a strong effort of will can stave off a cold or influenza.
Christian Science is doing good,—indeed, so much good that it is a marvel that newspapers admit to their columns attacks on it when so many evil influences call for excoriation.
I note that an evangelist has been holding a protracted meeting in Temple, and on several occasions made reference to some other religious denominations whose teachings differ from his views.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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Your correspondent is anxious to know who would be "foolish and weak-minded enough" to try to heal a sick body by spiritual means.
In a recent issue of Chat, under the heading, "What the Doctor Says," the writer advocates sunshine, fresh air, simple, healthy food, rest, and faith as aids to health, and adds: "What of rest and faith?
Whether confidence in prayer is more or less of a superstition than faith in medicine, and whether the practice of Christian Science requires less or more arduous preparation than the practice of medicine, are questions which a recent editorial in Puck entitled, "Enter Prayer, Exit Pill," was more likely to agitate than answer; and I am willing to leave these questions where Puck left them.
Curiously enough, the failure of men to permit religion to be the practical dynamic thing in their lives that it is in truth, may be traced in a very large degree to the very practice which our critical friend commends and from which students of Christian Science are freeing themselves; that is, the habit of taking any one's "opinion" about religion as truth.
What a joy to the discerning in these days of rampant, self-advertising journalism is that well edited, sanely conducted daily newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor, which requires no biased eyes to see its intrinsic worth.

Spiritual Strength

One Sunday morning I had occasion for great thanksgiving.