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Paul's Thorn in the Flesh

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
One morning I was working in my garden and had a handkerchief about my neck in place of a collar.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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From our Exchanges

For the average man or woman, the easiest part of the Christian life is the assent to doctrinal statements and the observance of certain religious forms.

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Christian Science does not rest upon psychological laws, as the critic surmises, but upon those very laws of God, which are properly described as "immutable, undeviating in their effects.

Segregation of the Sexes

The Excelsior has received the following communication from the Publication Committee of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, which it publishes with pleasure.

The Higher Motive

A dear friend once suggested that when we attended the Communion service of The Mother Church we should go with the idea of giving rather than receiving a blessing.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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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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Relative Values

It seems strange that man clings to the frailty of human beliefs concerning health, strength, wealth, intelligence, and friends, and fears to trust God.

Seeking Aright

"Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
To demonstrate that there is plenty, seems to be quite a hard problem, and we so often hear the remark, when another opportunity presents itself to help in a good work, "Well, I will have to dig up something.
As we advance in Christian Science we begin to perceive the truth respecting every-day facts; with the poet we find—

Views of a Clergyman

We are pleased to publish the following letter from Rev.

From Our Exchanges

One's creed is not always the final test of one's religion.