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Although Sing Sing prison has been for several years the...

Engolfar in

Although Sing Sing prison has been for several years the furnisher of many columns of stories for the public press, stories which in some cases have been of great interest, though perhaps a trifle exaggerated either for political or other purposes, the writer did not remember ever to have seen in any of these stories the barest mention of religion, or of anything pertaining to religion.
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Those who have not given time and effort to a careful...

S. T. Downs

Those who have not given time and effort to a careful investigation of the teachings and practice of Christian Science, sometimes say things about it publicy, through their lack of information, that misrepresent it.

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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 Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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My attention has been called to a booklet which has been...

John L. Rendall

My attention has been called to a booklet which has been circulated in your vicinity by an evangelist, and which presents a perverted and distorted interpretation of the teachings of Christian Science.

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If reported correctly in a recent issue, our critic at one...

Robert S. Ross

If reported correctly in a recent issue, our critic at one moment declares that Christian Science is not Christian, and the next moment that he does not deny that Christian Scientists are good people.
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Referring to an editorial from an American medical journal...

Frank Bell

Referring to an editorial from an American medical journal as quoted in a recent issue, the British committee of ten medical physicians and ten orthodox clergymen whose inquiry failed to convince them of the general efficacy of healing by spiritual means, is scarcely to be regarded as a wholly unprejudiced jury.
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Desire

GUSTAVUS S. PAINE, PH.M.

Many a one who has turned to Christian Science has felt an instinctive satisfaction, a joyful sense of the reasonable of Mrs.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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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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With regard to a critic's assertion that our Lord believed...

Charles W. J. Tennant

With regard to a critic's assertion that our Lord believed in the evidence of the corporeal senses because he said, "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see," this is certainly not borne out by Isaiah, who prophetically said that when the Saviour of the world should appear he would not judge after the seeing of the eyes nor after the hearing of the ears, but would judge righteous.
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Spiritual Offerings

OSCAR M. ANDERSON

People who attend the Wednesday evening meetings may be divided into two classes, namely, Scientists and non-Scientists.
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True Spiritual Healing

GRAY MONTGOMERY

The world today has already received wonderful benefits through Christian Science, and not the least of these is the revolutionized thought of the medical fraternity and all others engaged in the endeavor to relieve humanity of its suffering.
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"Ye must be born again"

ALICE FROST LORD

Christian people are familiar with the story of Saul of Tarsus, and how by a sudden illumination he was converted to a follower of the once despised Nazarene.
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Receiving and Giving

FREDERICK MANN

Occasionally a testimony appears in the Sentinel in which the writer mentions regret at being unable to go to church because of living in an isolated place or where there are no other Scientists.
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Enthusiasm

EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES

When a child first meets with a flower, a butterfly, or any other attractive bit of color, it is though creation existed for him alone.