Editorials

"PROOF AND DEMONSTRATION."

Annie M. Knott

About eleven years ago a new order was introduced in the Christian Science Church, namely, the substitution of the now well-known Lesson-Sermons for sermons prepared and delivered by preachers.

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HISTORY

Archibald McLellan

In these days when so much is being written about our Leader and Christian Science, it is well for us to remember that Mrs.

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It is one of the stock claims of those who have tried to secure repressive legislation respecting the practice of Christian Science, that they are impelled by a sincere interest in the welfare of the people, that their motive is unselfish, and that they are seeking to right a wrong which, strange to say, the people themselves have not voiced nor even discovered.

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A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE

Annie M. Knott

On another page of the Sentinel we give in part an article recently published in The Onlooker, a widely read English magazine.

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"A JOYOUS STATE OF MIND"

Archibald McLellan

In its report of the annual meeting of The Mother Church held Tuesday, June 11, The Boston Globe said,—

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RACIAL UNITY

John B. Willis

Many good people have tried to explain the injustice of so-called natural law, the cruel wrongs inflicted upon the innocent and well-deserving, by declaring that they are a necessary incident of racial unity.

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COMMUNION

Annie M. Knott

In all Christian churches the sacrament has been regarded as that which had taken the place of the passover,—a feast which was first partaken of when the Israelites were yet in bondage, but on the eve of their deliverance.

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THE FRAGRANT LIFE

John B. Willis

After all that may be said in praise of other blossoms, to the grown-up country lad there are none quite so satisfying and so dear as the lilac, and for the reason that in addition to its gifts of fragrance and beauty it brings a picture of mother and the old home which means far more to him than he has ever tried to express; above all others, perhaps, it is the flower that for him awakens

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THINKERS

Annie M. Knott

One of the first statements in our text-book is this: "The time for thinkers has come".

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THE MIRACLES OF THE BIBLE

Archibald McLellan

We are asked by a correspondent to state the attitude of Christian Scientists toward the miracles of the Old and New Testaments, specifically whether they believe that Jesus walked the water or that Daniel was cast into the lions' den without harm to him; and as these questions appear to be asked in good faith, we see no reason why they should not be answered in the same spirit in which they are propounded.

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REVISION OF CREEDS

Annie M. Knott

For a number of years the most strictly orthodox people, both in this country and in Great Britain, have been wrestling with the question of a restatement of doctrines, such as would make possible greater unity between the different religious bodies and be more in harmony with the spirit of the times than are the dogmas of the past.

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"I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES."

John B. Willis

No aspect of mortal sense is more familiar, more intrusive, or more pitiful than that pettiness which finds expression in so much of human judgment and conduct.