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A Channel for the Waters

John B. Willis

The indulgence of that human sense of self-limitation and inadequacy which explains so much personal timidity and ineffectiveness, finds a pertinent rebuke in Jesus' words to the woman of Samaria.

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Many are gratefully acknowledging the liberation of thought that has come to them through our revered Leader's recent utterance on the spiritual significance of Christmas, which appeared in the New York World and was republished in the Christian Science Sentinel and Journal.

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"Thou shalt not kill."

Archibald McLellan

Recently there has been a renewal of the proposition advanced some time ago, that it is legitimate and humane to cut short the lives of sick persons who have been pronounced incurable; and the most astonishing thing regarding this proposition is that it has found advocates in the ranks of those who have earned by their works the reputation of being humanitarians.

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A Generous Gift

Albert E. Pierpoint

Pittsburg, Pa.

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The True Guest

Annie M. Knott

The coming of New Year's Day recalled a quaint and well-nigh forgotten custom, which required that a man be the first to enter every home on the first day of the year.

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Patient Persistence

John B. Willis

Humanly speaking, the problem of overcoming the world, the flesh, and the devil is a serious undertaking, but in Christ's name it may be entered upon and continued with well-grounded confidence and unfailing cheer.

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"The sick are healed"

Archibald McLellan

In view of the practically admitted futility of medical treatment for certain diseases, it is not amiss to call attention to the fact that testimony is constantly accumulating which proves that Christian Science is healing all manner of so-called incurable diseases, also that tuberculosis is included in the list of ills for the cure of which many are successfully turning to this practical application of the Master's gospel.

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MARY BAKER EDDY

The following letter from the Clerk of First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Manchester, England, is indeed interesting.

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Christmas for the Children

Mary Baker Eddy

Methinks the loving parents and guardians of youth ofttimes query: How shall we cheer the children's Christmas and profit them withal?

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Looking Up, and Ahead

John B. Willis

At a time when many are wont to yield their thought to a retrospection which leads them into the cheerless haunts to regret, they that be wise will turn away from every temptation to self-depreciation or self-excuse, and follow the loving counsel of our Leader, "Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts".

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"Thy light is come."

Annie M. Knott

While listening to the singing of "The Messiah" recently, a message from our beloved Leader to one of the branch churches, at the time of its dedication, was recalled, in which she quoted words, "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

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"Signs of the times."

Archibald McLellan

The world is waking up to the fact that the healing of the sick is a necessary part of our Master's gospel, and that this sign of the times is not escaping the attention of the newspapers will be seen by the following quotation from an influential paper of the Middle West.