In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Funds of The Mother Church

The following letters were sent to the Editorial Department by the Treasurer of The Mother Church, on April 10, 1920, with a request for publication in the Christian Science Sentinel:—

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The headlines of an article in a recent issue of The Sun...

H. R. Colborne

The headlines of an article in a recent issue of The Sun and the article itself call for some correction, otherwise your readers will be misled into the false conclusion that Christian Science is some sort of mesmerism, hypnotism, and enchantment, of which, as a matter of fact, it is the very antithesis.

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In the article, "The Outlook for 1920," in a recent issue,...

Jethro Baker

In the article, "The Outlook for 1920," in a recent issue, the following striking passage occurs: "The problem of Christian unity is itself a problem of reconstruction, and in this process of reconstruction a thorough study of the church of the first centuries is essential, for they supply the plan or model for the whole work.

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Readers of the Enterprise were doubtless more interested...

Harry K. Filler

Readers of the Enterprise were doubtless more interested in reading the admission by a critic that "there is some good in Christian Science" than in reading anything he has yet attempted to say on that subject—and well they might be; for that admission was the only absolutely true thing he has yet said about Christian Science.

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A concept of Christian service which includes the public...

Robert G. Steel

A concept of Christian service which includes the public denunciation of the honest religious beliefs of others as a necessary element of preaching the gospel, is strangely at variance with the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount.

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Christian Scientists realize that Jesus of Nazareth was...

Christian Scientists realize that Jesus of Nazareth was the most scientific man that ever lived, they realize that he possessed a clearer understanding of God and His perfect creation than any other person whom the world has ever known, and they accept him as the highest authority on all questions relating to spiritual, or real being.

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Supply Made Manifest

FANNIE S. WILKINSON

The law of supply is stated in Jesus' words: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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"Thou hast no enemies"

JAMES C. THOMAS

The man who understands the metaphysical fact that infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation is All-in-all has no enemies; and in knowing this, such a man is loving his enemies.

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Encouragement

GERALDINE NELSON

Encouragement is just an ordinary, everyday word, and yet when analyzed it comprises and means a great deal.

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"Thou art the man"

L. EMMETT SHERRED

A most forceful story is to be found in the twelfth chapter of II Samuel, where the prophet Nathan narrates to David the parable of the poor man whose one little ewe lamb had been taken from him by a certain rich and powerful man to provide food for a traveler.

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Children and Liberty

EDITH BOWERS

OF all words in the English language, the word "liberty" is one of the most abused and in this age is particularly abused in reference to children.

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Right Practice

ROBERT RAMSEY

When Shakespeare wrote, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so," he directed the searchlight of genius upon human experience.