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Far from being a substitute for Christ, Christian Science...

E. M. Ramsay

Far from being a substitute for Christ, Christian Science claims to be the very teaching of Christ, that Comforter or Spirit of truth which our Saviour promised should come later to guide us into all truth.
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Those who did not hear the lecture on Christian Science...

Those who did not hear the lecture on Christian Science yesterday afternoon, missed a fine opportunity for listening to a very capable and interesting speaker on a very interesting subject.

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Shared reflections

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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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Christian Science is not opposed to sensible hygiene,...

John M. Dean

Christian Science is not opposed to sensible hygiene, sanitation, quarantine, etc.

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Christian Science continues to attract converts, despite...

Christian Science continues to attract converts, despite opposition and evil report—probably because of them, to some extent.
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A critic asks why, if man is spiritual and not material,...

Frederick Dixon

A critic asks why, if man is spiritual and not material, do Christian Scientists eat and drink?
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In a recent issue Bishop Thomas B. Neely of New...

Alfred Farlow

In a recent issue Bishop Thomas B.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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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 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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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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The decline in church attendance, the thinning-down of...

The decline in church attendance, the thinning-down of church-membership, the frank breakaway from its teaching and practice on the part of the present and rising generations, are the chief topics of discussion at all church conferences, and recur even in the secular press with a frequency which argues a wide-spread concern and interest, and also a deep-rooted suspicion that in all this change and decay there are omens for the Christian churches.
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THE LODGE-POLE PINE

FRANCES MACK MANN.

There is an interesting tree in the Rocky mountain region which flourishes between the altitudes of seven to ten thousand feet.
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A LITTLE EXPERIENCE

LYDIA CUMMINS.

We often hear it said in the testimonies given at our Wednesday evening meetings that Christian Science helps so much in the little things of every-day life; and I think I never realized this more clearly than in searching for a way to overcome a little difficulty which presented itself when I was in a home where there were three girls, each manifesting a strong individuality.
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DOERS, NOT HEARERS ONLY

WILLIAM BEARD.

We sometimes hear it said, or even think it ourselves, "I read the Lesson every day, I go to church at least once on Sunday, I attend the meeting every Wednesday evening, and all the lectures which are provided for us; I subscribe for and read all the literature and periodicals which are issued by our Publishing Society, I give liberally to the church; in fact, I do all the things which are required of Christian Scientists, and yet I seem to be poor in this world's goods and possessions; while others around me who are doing much less than I am, are healthy, happy, and living in affluence.
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THE BUSINESS MEETING

JANE STANNARD JOHNSON.

The business meetings of every branch Church of Christ, Scientist, merit the support of church-members and others entitled to participate in them, for the reason that organization must be effected and maintained in a legal and orderly manner, conformable not only to the by-laws of the Manual of The Mother Church, but to the laws of the state as well.
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PROMPTITUDE

VIOLET KER SEYMER.

Perhaps the first point to remember in connection with the text, "Agree with thine adversary quickly," is the significance of the word "quickly.